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Poplar 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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1909, the landlord did not within period of 14 days sign and furnish to the
Council a true statement of particulars required by the sard notice, and the
said offence still continued after written notice from the Council dated 11th
December, 1909.)
Registration.
There are 1095 houses at present on the register. During the year
58 houses were newly registered.
Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909.
During the year the houses in Oliffe Street, Cubitt Town, were
inspected under the above Act and reported to be unfit for human
habitation. Notices to quit were subsequently served on all the lodgers
and the houses were eventually closed, since when two of them have been
demolished by the London County Council.
| Houses registered | 58 |
| Notices sent out re houses being placed on register | 58 |
| Declarations for information, sent out | 78 |
| ,, with information, returned | 58 |
| House-to-House inspections | 419 |
| Rooms measured, and capacity entered in registers | 278 |
| House-to-House visits, for registration purposes | 116 |
| Cases of overcrowding, outstanding December 31st, 1909 9 ,, discovered during the year 137 | 146 |
| „ abated ,, | 125 |
| ,, outstanding at the end of the year | 21 |
| Notices served for cleansing to be carried out | 261 |
| ,, abatement of overcrowding | 92 |
| ,, where means of ventilation were not in good order | 100 |
| ,, under Public Health (London) Act, 1891, Section 39 | 35 |
| ,, under London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1904, Section 20 | 49 |
| ,, under Housing and Town Planning Act, 1909, Section 17 | 12 |
| Final notices served for cleansing to be carried out | 10 |
| „ for overcrowding to be abated | |
| Re-inspections | 2377 |