Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Number of informal notices served 113
,, ,, ,, complied with 74
,, Notices served 44
,, ,, complied with 35
,, Final Notices served 6
,, cases in which legal proceedings were taken 2
Work done as a result of Final Notice or legal proceedings,
number of cases 6
Overcrowding, cases discovered 8
,, ,, abated 17
Mixed sleeping, cases discovered 1
,, ,, abated 6
Number of nuisances referred to District Inspectors:
(a) Defective or obstructed drains 4
(b) Defective roofs, guttering, etc. 16
(c) Water supply in tenement house 1
(d) Miscellaneous 26
Remarks:
During the year the Inspector deputised for District Inspectors on
83 days, and in addition to this district work the Inspector made other
visits as follows:-
Enquiries on account of rehousing 373
Re-visits in connection therewith 149
Licensing of Common Lodging Houses.
The Public Health Committee held a Special Meeting on 13th June
for the licensing of Common Lodging Houses.
The following 5 Common Lodging Houses were licensed to 30th
June, 1934, subject to certain requirements of the Borough Council being
carried out:-
(1) 65, Bow Lane-Sidney Moore (40 men).
(2) 196, Bow Road-Mrs. Elizabeth Betts (56 men).
(3) East London Hostel, Garford Street (Salvation Army)-Edward
J. Higgins (294 men).
(4) 378, Old Ford Road-Mrs. Elizabeth Hooper (18 men).
(5) 38, Pennyfields-Thomas Alfred Felton (43 men).