[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough] page 89

Poplar 1902

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

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Table: List of Sanitary Works carried out in the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, from the 1st January, 1902, to 31st December, 1902.

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List of Sanitary Works carried out in the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, from the 1st January, 1902, to 31st December, 1902.

	Popular South. Mr. Foad.	West combined Mr. Johnson	East combined Mr. Bullock	Br'mley Central Mr. Miners	Bromley North. Mr. Anthony	Bow East. Mr. Field.	Bow West. Mr. Boyce.	Total.
Houses or other premises inspected	1397	1399	1412	1284	1257	1167	1140	9056
Walls and ceilings of premises cleansed throughout	26	78	51	18	34	23	45	275
Do. do. do. partially	194	267	182	98	149	61	116	1067
Roofs repaired and made water-tight	199	43	113	91	114	33	80	673
Eaves gutters and rain-water pipes repaired	79	77	144	105	125	61	52	643
Dampness of walls remedied	68	31	75	103	30	60	38	405
Bath, sinks and lavatory waste pipes repaired, trapped or disconnected from drains	9	45	40	13	8	2	1	118
Bain-water pipes disconnected from drains	4	32	6	19	1	2	–	64
Cisterns cleansed and covered	53	9	9	20	3	4	4	102
Water service altered so as to draw direct from main	44	5	9	8	3	4	1	74
Water supplies reinstated where cut off through defective fittings	44	57	23	34	11	0	34	203
Defective water fittings repaired (causing nuisance from dampness)	21	21	46	92	26	6	6	218
Drains tested with smoke (primary tests)	749	155	266	194	518	438	353	2673
Drains found defective	104	117	192	104	158	102	50	827
Drains opened and cleansed	220	174	111	197	242	100	98	1142
Inlets to drains trapped with stoneware gullies	21	55	59	47	26	1	14	223
Drains reconstructed,'repaired or amended	153	198	193	300	242	102	162	1350
Soil pans provided with sufficient water supply or supply reinstated	60	140	71	49	71	52	62	505
Foul soil pans cleansed	18	103	43	59	33	23	19	298
Soil pans properly trapped	3	152	43	35	10	20	2	265
New soil pans provided	46	137	49	70	49	20	26	397
Water closets newly constructed or better situated	9	16	2	2	6	–	2	37
Water closets' ventilation improved	7	13	6	2	8	3	–	39
Yards, forecourts, areas and washhouses paved	53	59	191	80	126	1	45	555
Do. do. do. do. drained	59	50	112	71	5	19	10	326
Inundations abated	3	3	5	1	0	–	1	13
Overcrowdings abated	4	9	9	3	1	4	5	35
Nuisances from improper keeping of animals abated	3	5	12	13	0	2	—	35
Dung receptacles provided or repaired	5	7	11	15	4	2	2	46
Accumulations of dung and other refuse removed	5	31	59	37	62	30	25	249
Public-house urinals cleansed or repaired	10	11	10	6	11	10	–	58
Other nuisances abated, consisting principally of dilapidations and want of underfloor ventilation	286	85	270	203	313	174	155	1,486
Breaches of L.C.C. Bye-laws abated	11	30	27	55	17	87	—	227
Intimations served	772	507	699	429	663	420	539	4,029
Statutory notices served	316	230	444	255	496	127	425	2,293
Final notices served	70	48	36	50	175	25	75	479
Summonses applied for	3	11	10	5	21	1	2	53
Reinspections made	3067	3977	4829	3937	3186	4059	2246	25301