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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Poplar 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Mr . C. A. Grabham .
| Totals. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Intimations. | Notices | ||
| Stat. | Final. | |||
| No. of Inspections of: | ||||
| Bakehouses— | ||||
| Factories | 113 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Workshops | 26 | 1 | — | — |
| Dom. Workshops | 5 | — | — | — |
| Slaughterhouses | 7 | — | — | — |
| Cowhouses | 6 | — | — | — |
| Milkshops | 141 | - | — | — |
| Restaurants and Eating Houses | 152 | 5 | — | — |
| Fried Fish Vendors and Fish Curers— | ||||
| Where power is used | 107 | — | — | — |
| Others | 204 | — | — | |
| Stalls | 1,283 | — | — | — |
| Other Places where Food is sold, etc.— | ||||
| Where power is used | 70 | — | — | — |
| Others | 445 | — | — | |
| Ice Cream Premises— | ||||
| Where power is used | 33 | — | — | |
| Others | 117 | 2 | — | |
| Wharves, etc., where Food is prepared or stored, etc.— | ||||
| Where power is used | 4 | — | — | — |
| Others | 1 | — | — | — |
| Markets— | ||||
| Morning | 149 | — | — | — |
| Evening | 78 | — | — | — |
| Miscellaneous | 86 | — | — | — |
| Total Defects, etc, | ||||
| Found. | ||||
| Defects, etc., Found: | ||||
| 1. Nuisances under Public Health (London ) Act— | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 19 | 19* | — | |
| Other nuisances | 21 | 17† | ||
| 2. Offences under Factory and Workshop Act— | ||||
| Other offences | 1 | — | — | |
| Slaughterhouses : | ||||
| Number of Visits | 392 | |||
| Number of Carcases Inspected— | ||||
| Beasts | 239 | |||
| Calves | 73 | |||
| Sheep | 986 | |||
| Lambs | 625 | |||
| Pigs | 473 | |||
| Organs condemned and destroyed consequent on slaughterhouse visits | See list on page 67. | |||
| Heads and Tongues condemned and destroyed | ||||