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Poplar 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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DISTRICT SANITARY INSPECTORS' WORK. The total number of inspections and reinspections carried out by the District Sanitary Inspectors was 31,087. 1946. 29,055.
| Number of: | ||
| Inspections | 10,659 | |
| Reinspections | 20,428 | |
| 31,087 | ||
| Intimations served | 4,489 | 3,618. |
| Notices served | 2,378 | 1,861. |
| Final notices served | 784 | 621. |
| Nuisances abated | 5,146 | 3, 650. |
| Legal Proceedings taken | 70 | 23. |
| Abatement Orders made (including 1 Closing Order) | 29 | 9. |
| Work done after issue of Summons | 41 | 10. |
The volume of work performed by the Inspectors exceeded the 1938
level.
HOUSES-LET-IN-LODGINGS, SEAMEN'S AND COMMON LODGING HOUSES.
| Number of inspections: | ||
| Houses-let-in-lodgings | 727 | 802. |
| Seamen's lodging-houses | 100 (including 6 nightly inspections) | 238. |
| Common Lodging-houses | 185 (including10 nightly inspections) . | |
| Other visits | 44 | |
| Visits re Scabies and verminous conditions | 116 | |
| Informal notices served | 63 | 28 |
| Notices served | 17 | 10 |
| Final notices served | 14 | 9 |
| Nuisances abated | 59 | 21 |
| Legal proceedings taken | 3 | |
HOUSING INSPECTOR.
| Number of: | |
| Rehousing enquiries (P.B.C.547:L.C.C.798:Others 59) | 1404 |
| Complaints of overcrowding | 11 |
| Inspections, etc. of underground rooms and individual unfit houses | 97 |
| Inspections of P.B.C.hutments | 70 |
| Miscellaneous visits | 663 |
| 2245 | |
CLOSURE OF BASEMENT ROOMS.
During the year Closing Orders were made in respect of
basement rooms at 8 properties.