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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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M r . H. A. P earce .
| Totals. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Intimations, etc., served. | Notices served. | ||
| Stat. | Final. | |||
| Bakehouses— Factories | 139 | 53 | – | – |
| Workshops ,, | 44 | 13 | – | – |
| Dom. Workshops | 4 | 2 | – | – |
| Slaughterhouses | 12 | 19 | –– | – |
| Cowhouses | 18 | – | – | – |
| Milkshops ..v | s09 | – | – | – |
| Restaurants and Eating Houses | 145 | 1 | – | – |
| Fried Fish Vendors and Fish Curers— Where power is used | 48 | 20 | _ | _ |
| Others | 219 | 122 | – | – |
| Stalls | 2,419 | – | – | — |
| Other places where Food is sold, etc.— Where power is used | 132 | 3 | _ | _ |
| Others | 516 | 2 | – | – |
| Ice Cream Premises— Where power is used | 31 | – | _ | _ |
| Others | 109 | – | – | — |
| Wharves, etc., where Food is prepared or stored, etc.:— Where power is used | – | – | – | – |
| Others | 3 | – | – | – |
| Markets— Morning | 196 | – | – | – |
| Evening | 69 | – | – | – |
| Miscellaneous | 76 | – | – | – |
| Total Defects, etc. | ||||
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to d.S.i. | ||
| Defects, etc., Found: | ||||
| 1. Nuisances under Public Health (London) Act— Want of oleanliness | ||||
| Want of ventilation | ||||
| Other nuisances | ||||
| 2. Offences under Factory and Workshop Act. | ||||
Mr. Pearceal so made 419 inspections under the Shops Act, and 4 inspections
under the Infant Life Protection Act.