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Poplar 1923

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

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SANITARY INSPECTORS' WORK, Etc.

(See also Tables on preceding page.)

Tabulated Statement of Inspections, Insanitary Conditions found existing, and Re-inspections during the year 1923.

East Combined Division.West Combined Division.Poplar South Division.Bromley North Division.Bromley Central Division.Bow East Division.Bow West Division.Totals
Totals Inspections1,0931,4051,2151,4641,1711,2321,3898,969
On complaints of nuisances, etc3908116938456346324974,502
On notification of infectious diseases3984072814662262142562,248
House-to-House14613419531380
Bakehouses2839152519942177
Slaughterhouses355058
Cowhouses95681846
Milkshops676616212758142397
Ice cream vendors' premises2120357231826150
Workshops, workplaces, etc.1635717583108983271,011
Premises found in fair condition4027106891,0073835067644,461
Do. requiring amendment6916955264577887266254,508
Detailsof Insanitary Conditions, etc.
Walls and ceilings dirty30324630718131827 13421,968
Yards, forecourts and areas insufficiently paved or drained92336367998154489
Inlets to drains not properly trapped175215
Number of drains tested15088158102187130113928
Do. do. defective39602838104337255
Do. do. obstructed247734109487880450
Sink waste pipes not trapped or otherwise defective46111594248189
Sink waste pipes directly connected to drains224
East Combined Division.West Combined DivisionPoplar South Division.Bromley North Division.Bromley Central Division.Bow East Division.Bow West Division.Totals
Soil pans of w.c. s without suitable water supply3812302928223162
Do. do. broken or unsuitable1818710123010105
Do. do. in foul condition421121154217139
Do. do. untrapped123
Roofs, guttering and rainwater pipes defective2721691862812642291761,577
Water supplies to premises cut off (notified by Metropolitan Water Board)314412
Water service fittings defective, causing waste of water117165212659
Drinking Water improperly stored_213
Dampness28069873012712574792
Inundations3432030
Overcrowding4581119
No proper receptacle for house refuse5977562955889445
Accumulations of dung or refuse1510299102984
Foul P.H. urinals5336421
Other nuisances, dilapidations, want of ventilation, etc.1912224922453786695422,739
Breaches of London County Council's By-laws19939987321430
Breaches of Council's By-laws81221106551230
Intimations served6915285264476547266254,197
Notices served2394051252624212024202,074
Final Notices served78444191734738412
Summonses applied for (except Food and Drugs)1462113
Passengers from Continental Ports: —
Visited4419
Undiscovered
Intimations served in respect of verminous rooms29342940893134286
Verminous rooms cleansed49231842983742309
Re-inspections2,5253,0232,4342,0801,5482,2841,62915523