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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: 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, 1937.No. of Inspections.No. of Prosecutions.
Common Lodging Houses4132—
Seamen's Lodging Houses279—
Cowsheds (Licensed)119—
Slaughterhouses (Licensed)415*—
Poultry Slaughterhouses317—
Other Offensive Trades483—
Milkshops85355—
Ice Cream Premises212267—
Restaurants and Eating Houses1,0981,691—
Registered Foster-Mothers1615 by Sanitary Inspectors. 207 by Chief Health Visitor.
Nurse Children kept16

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*In addition, 864 visits were made in connection with the examination of carcases.

Table: Smoke Nuisances.

Smoke Nuisances.

(1) No. of observations38(4) No. of Statutory Notices served1
(2) No. of intimations served4(5) No. of legal proceedings—
(6) No. of convictions—
(3) No. of complaints received (from L.C.C.)19(7) Amount of penalty and costs imposed in each case—
Cleansing and Disinfection.
No. of adults cleansed150No. of rooms cleansed(a) After infectious diseases1543
No. of children cleansed4120(b) for vermin1883

Table: Water Supply to Tenement Houses.

Water Supply to Tenement Houses.

No. of premises supplied 18 No. of prosecutions1
Sanitary Officers.
No. of Sanitary Inspectors (whole-time)Male.Female.
161
,, ,, ,, (part-time)——
No. of Health Visitors (whole-time)—Borough Council M. & C.W., 10; Tuberculosis, 3.
,, ,, ,, (part-time)—Nil.
,, ,, ,, (Voluntary Association)—M. & C.W., 9.