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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 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: Copy of a Return to the London County Council.

Copy of a Return to the London County Council.

Premises.No. in Borough on 31st December, 1936.No. of Inspections.No. of Prosecutions.
Common Lodging Houses5171—
Seamen's Lodging Houses2 (excluding 1 closed 29/12)452*
Cowsheds (Licensed)123—
Slaughterhouses (Licensed)427†—
Poultry Slaughterhouses314—
Other Offensive Trades546—
Milkshops90337—
Ice Cream Premises203266—
Restaurants and Eating Houses1,0622,043—
Registered Foster-Mothers1320 by Sanitary Inspectors, 208 visits by Chief Health Visitor.
Nurse Children kept13

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*2 summonses for letting lodgings to seamen when not licensed.
†In addition, 854 visits were made in connection with the examination of carcases.

Table: Smoke Nuisances.

Smoke Nuisances.

(1) No. of observations94(4) No. of Statutory Notices served1
(2) No. of intimations served12(5) No. of legal proceedings —
(6) No. of convictions—
(3) No. of complaints received (from L.C.C.)33(7) Amount of penalty and costs imposed in each case—

Table: Cleansing and Disinfection.

Cleansing and Disinfection.

No. of adults cleansed105No. of rooms cleansed(a) After infectious diseases.1850
No. of children cleansed3653(b) for vermin1727

Table: Water Supply to Tenement Houses.

Water Supply to Tenement Houses.

No. of premises supplied 5No. of prosecutions—

Table: Sanitary Officers.

Sanitary Officers.

Male.Female.
No. of Sanitary Inspectors (whole-time)161
,, ,, ,, (part-time)——
No. of Health Visitors (whole-time)—Borough Council M. & C.W., 9; Tuberculosis, 3.
,, ,, ,, (part-time)—Nil.
,, ,, ,, (Voluntary Association)—M. & C.W., 9.