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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Reports of Food Inspectors.
Mr. C. A. Grabham.
| Totals. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Intimations, etc., served. | Notices | served. | |
| Stat. | Final. | |||
| Bakehouses— Factories | 105 | 59 | – | – |
| Workshops | 24 | 16 | – | – |
| Dom. Workshops | 2 | 6 | – | – |
| Slaughterhouses | 39 | 12 | – | – |
| Cowhouses | 8 | 1 | – | – |
| Milkshops | 138 | 3 | – | – |
| Restaurants and Eating Houses | 143 | 7 | – | – |
| Fried Fish Vendors and Fish Curers— Where power is used | 77 | 97 | – | – |
| Others | 175 | 89 | – | – |
| Stalls | 1,303 | – | – | |
| Other Places where Food is sold, etc.— Where power is used | 75 | 2 | – | – |
| Others | 404 | 3 | – | – |
| Ice Cream Premises— Where power is used | 23 | – | – | – |
| Others | 107 | 1 | – | – |
| Wharves, etc., where Food is prepared or stored, etc.— Where power is used | 4 | – | – | – |
| Others | 58 | – | – | – |
| Markets— Morning | 143 | – | _ | _ |
| Evening | 84 | – | – | – |
| Miscellaneous | 165 | – | – | – |
| Total Defects, etc., | ||||
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to D.S.I. | ||
| Defects, etc., Found: | ||||
| 1. Nuisances under Public Health (London ) Act— Want of cleanliness | 22 | 22 | – | |
| Want of ventilation | 1 | 1 | _ | |
| Other nuisances | 16 | 16 | – | |
| 2. Offences under Factory and Workshop Act | – | – | – | |
Mr. Grabham also made 505 inspections under the Shops Act and 7 inspections
under the Infant Life Protection Act.