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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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Reports of Food Inspectors. (1) Mr. C. A. Grabham.
| Totals. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Intimations. etc., served. | Notices served. | ||
| Stat. | Final. | |||
| Bakehouses— | ||||
| Factories | 80 | 51 | — | — |
| Workshops | 8 | 10 | — | — |
| Dom. Workshops | 10 | 4 | — | — |
| Slaughterhouses | 16 | 12 | — | — |
| Cowhouses | 3 | — | — | — |
| Milkshops | 107 | 3 | — | — |
| Restaurants and Eating Houses | 109 | 5 | — | — |
| Fried Fish Vendors and Fish Curers— | ||||
| Where power is used | 144 | 90 | — | — |
| Others | 135 | 85 | — | — |
| Stalls | 1,713 | — | — | — |
| Other places where food is sold, etc.— | ||||
| Where power is used | 37 | — | — | — |
| Others | 430 | 4 | — | — |
| Ice Cream Premises— | ||||
| Where power is used | 32 | 2 | — | — |
| Others | 89 | 1 | — | — |
| Wharves, etc., where food is prepared or stored, etc.— | ||||
| Where power is used | — | — | — | — |
| Others | 70 | — | — | — |
| Markets— | ||||
| Morning | 155 | — | — | — |
| Evening | 78 | — | — | — |
| Miscellaneous | 2121 | — | — | — |
| Total Delects, etc., | ||||
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to D.S.I. | ||
| Defects, etc., Found: | ||||
| 1. Nuisances under Public Health (London ) Act— | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 40 | 40 | 5 | |
| Want of ventilation | 2 | 2 | — | |
| Other nuisances | 23 | 20 | 3 | |
| 2. Offences under Factory and Workshop Act | — | — | — | |
*Including 7 inspections under the Shops Act find 19 inspections under the
Infant Life Protection Act.