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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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(2) Mr. H. A. Pearce.
| Totals. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Intimations. | Reminders. | Notices served | ||
| Stat. | Final | ||||
| Bakehouses:— | |||||
| Factories | 106 | — | 36 | — | — |
| Workshops | 13 | — | 6 | — | — |
| Dom. Workshops | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Slaughterhouses | 13 | — | 16 | — | — |
| Cowhouses | 12 | — | — | — | — |
| Milkshops | 245 | — | — | — | — |
| Restaurants and Eating Houses | 172 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Fried Fish Vendors and Fish Curers— | |||||
| Where Power is used | 56 | — | 37 | — | — |
| Others | 204 | — | 96 | — | — |
| Stalls | 2,691 | — | — | — | — |
| Other places where food is sold, etc.— | |||||
| Where Power is used | 160 | — | — | — | — |
| Others | 388 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Ice Cream Premises— | |||||
| Where Power is used | 38 | — | — | — | — |
| Others | 116 | — | — | — | _ |
| Wharves, etc., where food is prepared or stored, etc.:— | |||||
| Where Power is used | — | — | — | — | — |
| Others | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Markets— | |||||
| Morning | 214 | — | — | — | |
| Evening | 77 | — | — | — | |
| Miscellaneous | 115 | — | — | — | — |
| Infant Life Protection—Visits | 11 | — | — | — | |
| Food Poisoning—Visits | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 4,636 | 4 | 191 | — | — | |
Mr. Pearce also made 3 inspections under the Shops Act (figures are
included in above table.)