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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 1937

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

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Table: Table C.Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homeworkers.i .—INSPECTION.

Table C.

Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homeworkers.

i .—INSPECTION.

Premises.Number of
Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
Intimation.Statutory.Final.
Factories134711952„Ÿ
(Including Factory Bakehouses and Laundries)
Workshopsõ161271„Ÿ„Ÿ
(Including Workshop Laundries.)
Domestic Workshopsö2991„Ÿ„Ÿ
Workplaces4614481„Ÿ
Domestic Workplaces211„Ÿ„Ÿ„Ÿ
Places where food is sold or prepared ˜16913273„Ÿ„Ÿ
Homeworkers'Premises529„Ÿ„Ÿ„Ÿ„Ÿ
Total4239527183„Ÿ

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†Including Workshop Bakehouses.
‡Including Domestic Bakehouses and Laundries.
§ The inspections of factories where food is prepared are included. Power is
used in 81 of the premises.

Table: 2.—DEFECTS FOUND.*(Corresponding figures for 1936 are shown in brackets).

2.—DEFECTS FOUND.*

(Corresponding figures for 1936 are shown in brackets).

Particulars.Number of Defects.Number ofProsecu tions.
Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Nuisances under the Public Health Act:
Want of cleanliness123 (541)122 (539)„Ÿ„Ÿ
Want of ventilation„Ÿ (2)„Ÿ (2)„Ÿ„Ÿ
Overcrowding„Ÿ„Ÿ„Ÿ„Ÿ
Want of drainage of floors22„Ÿ„Ÿ
Other nuisances69 (68)67 (67)„Ÿ„Ÿ
Sanitary accommodationinsufficient33„Ÿ„Ÿ
unsuitable or defective28 (18)27 (18)„Ÿ„Ÿ
not separate for sexes„Ÿ„Ÿ„Ÿ„Ÿ
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:—
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101)„Ÿ„Ÿ„Ÿ„Ÿ
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100)„Ÿ„Ÿ„Ÿ„Ÿ
Other offences„Ÿ„Ÿ„Ÿ„Ÿ
(Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Table D of this Report.)
Total225(629)221 (626)„Ÿ„Ÿ

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* These defects refer to premises mentioned above under table of Inspection.