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Poplar 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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1890, of an unhealthy area, comprising Providence Cottages, certain
houses in Emmett Street and Arnold Buildings, in all 122 dwelling
houses, if Arnold Buildings be considered as no tenements.
| registered | non-registered. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Johnson. | West Combined Division | 13 | 9 |
| Mr. Anthony. | Bromley North Division | - | 5 |
| Mr. Miners. | Bromley Central Division | 5 | 32 |
| Mr. Field. | Bow East Division | 36 | 19 |
| Mr. Boyce. | Bow West Division | 5 | 45 |
| 59 | no |
On the 30th September, Mr. Johnson found whilst inspecting a
non-registered boat " Praed," the cabin to be in a very dirty and
damp state, the bilge water not having been removed. The occupant
was cautioned; the water was at once removed by pumping, the
cabin cleaned up and made in a habitable condition.
Mr. Field reported on the 15th July that whilst inspecting the
registered canal boat " Ann," the sides of the boat were leaky,
admitting water into the cabin, the seams of the cabin head open and
skylight broken. A letter was sent to the owner.
On the 17th May a summons was heard at the Thames Police
Court, under the Canal Boats Act, against the owners of the barge
" Emily '' for not having the barge registered as a " dwelling." The
Magistrate, after hearing the evidence of the Secretary of the Amalgamated
Society of Watermen and Lightermen of the river Thames,
the man in charge, and myself, decided that the vessel in question
was a "canal boat " within the meaning of the Act, but the summons
must be dismissed since there was no " substantial user " of the barge