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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 1957

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

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Table: TABLE II INSPECTIONS, INSANITARY CONDITIONS THEN EXISTING AND RE-INSPECTIONS DURING THE YEAR 1917

TABLE II INSPECTIONS, INSANITARY CONDITIONS THEN EXISTING AND RE-INSPECTIONS DURING THE YEAR 1917

Number of Complaints received1,965
House-to-House—
Dwelling Houses On complaint1,929
After Infectious Disease45
Number of Where power is used40
( Factories ( No power used7
Inspections Others—
Outworkers—
Stables4
Smoke Observations45
Miscellaneous visits and inspections (including visits to
infectious disease contacts, school inspections, etc.)1737
Re-inspections4854
(Dwelling Houses1538
Premises requiring amendment
(Others4
Service of Intimations, etc
Intimations served1196
Intimations complied with942
Notices served461
Notices complied with400
Final notices served65
Final notices complied with80
Summonses applied for82
Work done (number of instances not included above):
(a) After legal proceedings29
(b) Voluntarily140
Defects, etc., found in Dwelling Houses:
Nuisances, etc., foundWorks completed
Drainage:Drains defective4642
Drains obstructed144122
Waste pipes defective, etc.10459
Rainwater pipes not disconnected.1
W. Cs. and flushing apparatus defective246169