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Poplar 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Sanitary Inspectors' Work.
Tabulated Statementof Inspections, Insanitary Conditions found existing, and Re-inspections during the year 1938.
| DISTRICT. | Totals. (District Inspectors.) | HousingInspectors.* | Totals. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1. | No. 2. | No. 3. | No. 4. | No. 5. | No. 6. | No. 7. | No. 8. | Mr. G. L. Belshaw. | Mr. E. A. May. | Mr. T.C.B. Rose. | ||||||
| Number of Complaintsreceived | 507 | 226 | 899 | 369 | 407 | 780 | 580 | 321 | 4,089 | - | - | - | 4,089 | |||
| Numberof Inspections | DwellingHouses | House-to-House | - | - | - | - | . | . | . | . | 2 | 103 | 122 | . | 227 | |
| OnComplaint | 521 | 234 | 852 | 367 | 452 | 784 | 579 | 225 | 4,014 | . | . | . | 4,014 | |||
| AfterInfectiousDisease | 143 | 50 | 103 | 109 | 112 | 142 | 71 | 103 | 833 | . | . | . | 833 | |||
| Factories, including FactoryLaundries | 13 | 24 | 25 | 12 | 26 | 1 | 9 | . | 110 | . | . | . | 110 | |||
| Workshops, including Workshop Laundries | 40 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | . | 74 | . | . | . | 74 | |||
| Workplaces, other than outworkers | 43 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 17 | . | 102 | . | . | . | 102 | |||
| Outworkers | 4 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 5 | . | . | . | 5 | |||
| Stables | 3 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 25 | 5 | 46 | 8 | 122 | . | . | . | 122 | |||
| Smokeobservations | 5 | 7 | . | 2 | 15 | 2 | . | . | 31 | . | . | . | 31 | |||
| Miscellaneousvisitsandinspections (includingvisitstoInfectiousDiseasecontacts, schoolinspections, etc.) | 434 | 387 | 455 | 213 | 261 | 671 | 234 | 387 | 3,042 | 450 | 711 | . | 4,203 | |||
| Re-inspections | 2,214 | 2,210 | 1,906 | 2,087 | 3,159 | 1,948 | 2,678 | 2,487 | 18,689 | 159 | 49 | . | 18,897 | |||
| Premisesrequiringamendment (a)Dwelling-houses | 498 | 250 | 819 | 358 | 436 | 716 | 530 | 138 | 3,745 | . | . | . | 3,745 | |||
| (b) Otherpremises | 2 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 41 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 124 | . | . | . | 124 | |||
| Service of Intimations, etc.: Intimationsserved | 463 | 240 | 684 | 397 | 438 | 809 | 540 | 127 | 3,698 | . | - | . | 3,698 | |||
| ,, compliedwith | 308 | 122 | 432 | 275 | 335 | 510 | 273 | 139 | 2,394 | - | . | . | 2,394 | |||
| Noticesserved | 225 | 88 | 221 | 161 | 138 | 277 | 270 | 27 | 1,407 | . | . | . | 1,407 | |||
| ,, compliedwith | 127 | 53 | 173 | 70 | 109 | 179 | 143 | 30 | 884 | - | . | . | 884 | |||
| FinalNoticesserved | 70 | 13 | 63 | 46 | 17 | 81 | 117 | 2 | 409 | - | . | . | 409 | |||
| ,, compliedwith | 76 | 4 | 56 | 29 | 14 | 70 | 122 | - | 371 | - | . | . | 371 | |||
| Summonsesappliedfor | . | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1U | 31 | - | - | - | 31 | ||||
| Workdone, numberofinstancesnotincludedabove: (a) Afterlegalproceedings | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | . | 15 | 9 | . | 32 | . | . | _ | 32 | |||
| (b) Voluntarily | 17 | 12 | 64 | 7 | 133 | 34 | 21 | - | 288 | - | - | - | Nuisances, etc., found. | Works completed. | ||
| Defects, etc., found in Dwelling Houses: Drainage: Drainsdefective | 18 | 15 | 52 | 4 | 124 | 32 | 39 | 13 | 297 | . | . | . | 297 | 394 | ||
| ,, obstructed | 11 | 23 | 78 | 11 | 37 | 51 | 13 | 13 | 237 | . | . | . | 237 | 223 | ||
| Wastepipesdefective, etc. | 26 | 13 | 56 | 54 | 40 | 27 | 47 | 1 | 264 | . | . | . | 264 | 279 | ||
| Rainwaterpipesnotdisconnected | . | . | - | - | 6 | - | - | 1 | 7 | - | . | . | 7 | 24 | ||
| W.Cs. andflushingapparatusdefective | 29 | 14 | 85 | 83 | 21 | 91 | 78 | 25 | 426 | . | . | . | 426 | 445 | ||
| Dampness (notduetodefectsshownelsewhere) | 65 | 23 | 182 | 162 | 436 | 217 | 26 | 1,236 | . | . | . | 1,236 | 1,109 | |||
| Water: Supplycutoff | . | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | 5 | 22 | . | . | . | 22 | 35 | ||
| DustReceptacles: Insufficientordefective | 95 | 32 | 102 | 82 | 82 | 118 | 73 | 53 | 638 | - | - | - | 638 | |||
| Miscellaneous: Rooms, etc., dirtyand/orverminous | 264 | 123 | 755 | 451 | 504 | 877 | 807 | 224 | 4,005 | . | . | . | 4,005 | 3,714 | ||
| Casesofovercrowding | . | . | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 27 | - | - | . | 27 | 4 | ||
| Yards, etc., notproperlypavedordrained | 33 | 10 | 97 | 74 | 92 | 81 | 58 | 18 | 463 | - | - | - | 463 | 415 | ||
| Roofsdefective | 212 | 69 | 479 | 207 | 221 | 406 | 247 | 115 | 1,956 | . | . | . | 1,956 | 1,698 | ||
| Rainwaterpipesandguttersdefective | 31 | 34 | 194 | 38 | 264 | 191 | 80 | 54 | 886 | _ | . | . | 886 | 848 | ||
| PublicHouseUrinalsrequiringcleansing | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | - | 6 | 26 | __ | . | . | 26 | 28 | ||
| Othernuisancesor defects | 346 | 158 | 2,567 | 943 | 1,013 | 2,281 | 1,625 | 300 | 9,233 | - | - | - | 9,233 | 8,210 | ||
| Defects found in Factories, Workshops, etc.: Sanitarydefects | 2 | _ | 12 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 2 | _ | 50 | . | . | . | 50 | 35 | ||
| W.C. accommodation, insufficientorunsuitable | - | - | 2 | 1 | . | - | 4 | - | 7 | __ | . | . | 7 | 5 | ||
| Overcrowding | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | ||
| Stables: Manurereceptaclesdefective, etc. | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 7 | - | - | - | 7 | 11 | ||
| Accumulationsfound | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| NumberofvisitsbyAssistants (not included above) | 2,298 | 2,148 | 5,577 | 2,577 | 3,520 | 3,624 | 3,362 | - | 23,106 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
•The Housing Inspectors were engaged in inspections, etc., in connection
Mr. Belshaw also deputised for a District Inspector on 6 days.
Mr. Rose was transferred to other duties (Houses-let-in-lodgings, Common and Seamen's Lodging Houres, etc.)