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Poplar 1937

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

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The Work of Lady Sanitary Inspector.

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Tabulated statement of Inspections, of Insanitary Conditionsfound existing, and of Reinspections, etc., during the year.

Factories and Workshops newly discovered and Registered16
Number op Inspections of:—
Factories, including Factory Laundries108
Workshops, including Workshop Laundries51
Workplaces21
Workrooms
Homeworkers'premises529
Reinspections of above16
Premises requiring amendment7

DefectsFound:—

1. Nuisances under Public Health (London) Act:—

Found.Remedied.Referred to D.s.i.Referred to H.M. Insp.
Want of cleanliness981
Want of ventilation
Overcrowding
Want of drainage of floors
Other nuisances413
Sanitary accommodationInsufficient
Unsuitable or defective981
Not separate for sexes
Want of cleanliness22
2. Offences under Factory and Workshop Acts
Action Taken Regarding Above:—
Intimations served2
,, complied with2
Notices served
,, complied with
Final Notices served
Legal Proceedings taken2*
Nuisances remedied without service of Intimations, etc.20

* Failure to send in lists of outworkers.

OtherMatters:—

Visits re cases of Scabies290
,, Verminous children15
,, Outworkers' lists18
,, Infectious Disease on Homeworkers'premises2
,, School Exclusions, etc.905
,, aged and infirm persons2
Other visits and inquiries46
Inspections of Schools re Sanitary accommodation42
Visits to prospective tenants of London County Council's Flats, etc.
Ineffective calls380