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Poplar 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Copy of a Return to the London County Council.
| Premises. | No. in Borough on 31st December, 1935. | No. of Inspections. | No. of Prosecutions. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Common Lodging Houses | 5 | 88 | - |
| Seamen's Lodging Houses | 3 | 41 | - |
| Cowsheds (Licensed) .. | 2 | 26 | - |
| Slaughterhouses (Licensed) .. | 5 | 39 | - |
| Poultry Slaughterhouses | 3 | 12 | - |
| Other Offensive Trades | 4 | 40 | - |
| Milkshops | 111 | 347 | 1 for trading as a dairyman unregistered |
| Ice Cream Premises | 237 | 270 | - |
| Restaurants and Eating Houses | 885 | 1,999 | - |
| Registered Foster Mothers | 24 | 12 by San Inspectors. 268 visits by Chief Health Viitors. | |
| Nurse Children kept | 31 | ||
| * In addition 740 visits were made in connection with the examination of carcases. | |||
Smoke Nuisances.
(1) No. of observations .. .. 58 (4) No. of Statutory Notices
served 2
(2) No. of intimations served .. 9 (5) No. of legal proceedings .. —
(6) No. of convictions .. —
(3) No. of complaints received (7) Amount of penalty and
(from L.C.C.) 10 costs imposed in each case —
Cleansing and Disinfection.
No. of adults cleansed 118 (a) After infec-
No. of tious diseases.. 1084
rooms
No. of children cleansed 3062 cleansed
(6) for vermin 634
Water Supply to Tenement Houses.
No. of premises supplied 1 No. of prosecutions —
Sanitary Officers.
Male. Female.
No. of Sanitary Inspectors (whole-time) . 15* 1
,, ,, ,, (part-time)
No. of Borough Council Health Visitors (whole-time)—M. and C.W., 9; T.B., 3.
No. of Borough Council Health Visitors (part-time), nil.
Sister-in-Charge Light Clinics (M.&C.W.). 1.
No. of Voluntary Association Health Visitors, (M. & C.W.) 9.
*8 District Inspectors; 2 Meat and Food; 1 Houses-let-in-lodgings; 3 Housing
Survey ; 1 Special for Disinfestation.