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Poplar 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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amounting to £8 12s. The above premises were afterwards
thoroughly cleansed.
The houses I visited in Rook Street and Sophia Street, Poplar,
are in a very dirty condition, and require thoroughly cleansing from
top to bottom.
The following is a tabulated statement of work done :—
| No. of houses on Register | 281 |
| ,, rooms measured | 698 |
| „ cases of overcrowding (notified) | 130 |
| ,, cases of overcrowding (abated) | 125 |
| „ notices for information of houses let in lodgings sent | 195 |
| „ notices for information of houses let in lodgings returned | 195 |
| „ intimations of houses being placed on Register sent | 154 |
| „ houses placed upon Register during year | 154 |
| „ re-inspections | 1084 |
| ,, house-to-house inspections | 138 |
| „ night inspections | 104 |
| ,, notices for the cleansing of walls and ceilings served | 142 |
| „ final notices served | 32 |
| „ houses cleansed .. | 85 |
| ,, rooms „ | 360 |
| „ sculleries „ | 144 |
| ,, yard walls and W.C.'s cleansed | 288 |
| ,, houses partially cleansed | 57 |
I remain, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
HERBERT J. LANGLEY,
Assistant Sanitary Inspector and Inspector
of Houses Let in Lodgings.