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Poplar 1938

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

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The Work of Lady Sanitary Inspector.

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

Factories and Workshops newly discovered and Registered15
Number of Inspections of:.
Factories, including Factory Laundries111
Workshops, including Workshop Laundries54
Workplaces14
Workrooms.
Homeworkers' premises561
Reinspections of above14
Premises requiring amendment21

Dejects Found:.

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

Found.Remedied.Referred to D.S.I.Referred to H.M. Insp.
Want of cleanliness422.
Want of ventilation....
Overcrowding....
Want of drainage of floors....
Other nuisances422.
Sanitary accommodationInsufficient....
Unsuitable or defective881.
Not separate for sexes....
Want of cleanliness16142.
2. Offences under Factory and Workshop Acts....
Action Taken Regarding Above:.
Intimations served13
,, complied with13
Notices served.
,, complied with.
Final Notices served.
Legal Proceedings taken.
Nuisances remedied without service of Intimations, etc.7
Other Matters:.
Visits re cases of Scabies462
,, Verminous children35
44
,, Infectious Disease on Homeworkers' premises1
,, School Exclusions, etc.661
cases of Whooping Cough38
,, aged and infirm persons9
Other visits and inquiries26
Inspections of Schools re Sanitary accommodation37
Ineffective calls424