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Poplar 1937

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

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Table: Housing.

Housing.

1.Total No. of inhabited houses in the Borough23,9779.No. of houses (wholly or in part) the subject of Closing Orders (excluding underground rooms)
Public Health Act—
2.No. of houses inspected on account of complaints or illness5,47810.No. of Closing Orders determined (i.e., houses made fit)
3.No. of Intimations served No. of statutory notices served4,332 1,657
4.No. of houses repaired or nuisances remedied4,08111.Overcrowding (Housing Act, 1936)— No. of families found to be living in overcrowded conditions190
Housing Act (1936)—
5.No. of houses inspected— house to house (Housing Consolidated Begs., 1925)—
No. of overcrowded families who have obtained alternative accommodation338
6.(a) No. of houses included in representations by the Borough Medical Officer under Sec. 25 of H.A., 193610
12.No. of houses erected by the Borough Council for working classes during year36
(6) No. of houses demolished following representation by Borough Medical Officer under Sec. 25 of H. A., 193613
13.Underground Rooms—
No. occupied but unfit*64
7.No. of houses repaired under Sections 9 and 10 of H.A., 1936:—No. closed, or modified occupation approved55†
(a) By owners—14.Houses Let in Lodgings—
(6) By L.A. in default of owners_
No. in Borough347
No. of inspections2,176
8.No. of houses demolished:—No. of prosecutions6
(a) In pursuance of orders under Sec. 11 of the H. A., 193638No. of complaints remedied under the By-laws (not included under any other heading)83
(6) Voluntarily12

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* On two occasions a basement room was found to be occupied contrary to a
Closing Order; legal proceedings were taken and convictions obtained.
t Specifications of remedial works accepted in respect of the remaining 9.
Infectious Diseases.

Table: Infectious diseases—cases notified under local orders (excluding cases coming to knowledge otherwise than by notification).

Infectious diseases—cases notified under local orders (excluding cases coming to knowledge otherwise than by notification).

Disease.Cases notified.Period.
MeaslesNot notifiable——
German Measles——
Whooping Cough_—
Rheumatic Fever (0-16)——
Chicken Pox——
Zymotic Enteritis761st June to 30th September, 1937.