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Poplar 1937

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Table: Sanitary Inspectors' Work.Tabulated Statement of Inspections, Insanitary Conditions found existing, and Re-inspections during the year 1937.

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Tabulated Statement of Inspections, Insanitary Conditions found existing, and Re-inspections during the year 1937.

			DISTRICT.								Totals. (District Inspectors.)	Housing Inspectors.*			Totals.
			No. 1.	No. 2.	No. 3.	No. 4.	No. 5.	No. 6	No. 7.	No. 8.	Totals. (District Inspectors.)	Mr. G. L. Belshaw.	Mr. E. A. May.	Mr.T.C. B. Rose.	Totals.
Number of Complaints received			602	290	881	562	402	868	562	378	4,545	—	—	—	4,545
Number of Inspections	Dwelling Houses	House-to-House	_	_	_	_	6	6	—	—	12	101	190	—	303
		On Complaint	655	290	875	552	443	865	558	267	4,505	—	—	—	4,505
		After Infectious Disease	134	78	133	141	177	123	76	111	973	—	—	—	973
	Factories, including Factory Laundries		4	28	6	12	14	—	8	—	72	—	—	—	72
	Workshops, including Workshop Laundries		14	21	3	11	36	5	10	—	100	—	—	—	100
	Workplaces, other than outworkers		2	3	1	54	18	13	20	—	111	—	—	—	111
	Outworkers		_	1	_	_	_	_	1	—	2	—	—	—	2
	Stables		_	2	18	37	38	14	66	2	177	—	—	—	177
Smoke observations			2	_	_	3	21	1	8	6	41	—	—	—	41
Miscellaneous visits and inspections (including visits to Infectious Disease contacts, school inspections, etc.)
			386	221	639	218	635	956	207	690	3,952	287	199	508	4,946
Re-inspections			2,498	2,375	2,096	1,692	2,986	1,788	3,059	2,403	18,897	7	298	96	20,298
Premises requiring amendment (a) Dwelling-houses			672	315	885	524	489	812	570	165	4,432	—	—	—	4,432
(6) Other premises			2	8	24	29	72	5	19	—	159	—	—	—	159
Service of Intimations, etc.:
Intimations served			674	323	783	545	424	825	595	163	4,332	—	—	—	4,332
,, complied with			424	136	474	366	321	426	291	157	2,595	—	—	4	2,599
Notices served			232	102	305	223	103	322	337	33	1,657	—	—	—	1, 657
,, complied with			176	79	176	100	90	153	163	33	970	—	—	11	981
Final Notices served			56	19	86	47	18	108	183	4	521	—	—	1	522
,, complied with			55	6	85	43	18	63	180	4	454	—	—	5	459
Summonses applied for			2	2	18	5	2	25	8	1	63	—	—	—	63
Work done, number of instances not included above:
(a) After legal proceedings ..			2	—	18	_	_	16	6	—	42	—	—	—	42
(b) Voluntarily			9	10	66	3	172	46	25	23	354	—	—	—	354
															Nuisances, etc., found.	Works completed.
Defects, etc., found in Dwelling Houses:															Nuisances, etc., found.	Works completed.
Drainage:
Drains defective			48	28	67	10	161	23	34	14	385	—	—	—	385	493
,, obstructed			23	39	111	17	46	35	31	4	306	—	—	—	306	269
Waste pipes defective, etc.			37	29	60	69	91	29	56	4	375	—	—	—	375	334
Rainwater pipes not disconnected			_	2	_	3	1	_	_	—	6	—	—	—	6	6
W.Cs. and flushing apparatus defective			42	51	120	156	39	76	107	3	594	—	—	—	594	540
Dampness (not due to defects shown elsewhere)			118	60	210	51	219	520	262	15	1,455	—	—	—	1,455	1,298
Water: Supply cut off			1	_	2	4	5	_	1	—	13	—	—	—	13	11
Dust Receptacles: Insufficient or defective			153	50	105	177	145	157	106	24	917	—	—	—	917	871
Miscellaneous:
Rooms, etc., dirty and/or verminous			327	290	761	367	555	547	823	86	3,756	—	—	—	3,756	3,389
Cases of overcrowding			2	_	5	1	6	_	5	10	29	—	—	—	29	7
Yards, etc., not properly paved or drained			22	115	108	55	117	45	105	12	579	—	—	—	579	512
Roofs defective			294	341	510	201	250	346	254	25	2,221	—	—	—	2,221	1,968
Rainwater pipes and gutters defective			49	190	222	76	208	134	99	12	990	—	—	—	990	878
Public House Urinals requiring cleansing			2	3	_	10	8	_	_	—	23	—	—	—	23	48
Other nuisances or defects			397	420	2,491	496	1,063	1,468	1,670	144	8,149	—	—	—	8,149	6,902
Defects found in Factories, Workshops, etc.:
Sanitary defects			2	11	1	36	34	7	4	—	95	—	—	—	95	87
W.C. accommodation, insufficient or unsuitable			_	_	1	4	1	2	—	—	8	—	—	—	8	15
Overcrowding			—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Stables:
Manure receptacles defective, etc.			_	_	4	8	4	_	7	—	23	—	—	—	23	29
Accumulations found			—	3	4	1	10	—	2	3	23	—	—	—	23	22
Number of visits by Assistants (not included above)			2,494	2,221	6,177	3,615	4,867	3,114	4,317	—	26,805	—	—	—	26,805

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* The Housing Inspectors were engaged in inspections, etc., in connection with "Areas," and inspections, reports, etc., of underground rooms, referred to elsewhere in this report.
Mr. Belshaw also deputised for a District Inspector on 10 days.
Mr. Rose worked in conjunction with Messrs. Belshaw and May in "Areas,'' and therefore does not give separate figures. He also deputised for a District Inspector on 9 days.

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Table: Sanitary Inspectors' Work.Tabulated Statement of Inspections, Insanitary Conditions found existing, and Re-inspections during the year 1937.

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