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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 1955

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

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Table: TABLE IIINSPECTIONS, INSANITARY CONDITIONS POUND FXISTTNG. AND RE-INSPECTIONS DURING THE YEAR 1955

TABLE II

INSPECTIONS, INSANITARY CONDITIONS POUND FXISTTNG. AND RE-INSPECTIONS DURING THE YEAR 1955

2.217
House-to-House-
Number of < InspectionsDwelling HousesOn complaint2,157
After Infectious Disease62
FactoriesWhere power is used196
No power used7
thers9
-
8
23
Miscellaneous visits and inspections (including visits to
infectious disease contacts, school inspections, etd.)2,635
7,424
Dwelling Houses1,884
Premises requiring amendment
Others33
Service of Intimations, etc.,
1,662
Intimations complied with1,364
628
Notices complied with564
Final Notices served114
Final Notices complied with' 99
Summonses applied for28
Work done (number of instances not included above):
(a) After legal proceedings28
(b) Voluntarily183
Defects, etc., found in Dwelling Houses:
Nuisances, etc.,Works
foundcomplete d
Drainage: Drains defective86102
Drains obstructed158151
Waste pipes defective, etc93108
Rainwater pipes not disconnected .-2
W. Cs. and flushing apparatus defective247276

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