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Poplar 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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DISTRICT SANITARY INSPECTORS' WORK, Etc.
| tabulated Statement of Inspections, Insanitary Conditions found existing, and Re-inspections during the year 1930. | Work of Temporary Inspectors, 1930. (See Footnote.) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Combined | West Combined | Poplar South | Brom ley North | Bromley Central | Bow East | Bow West | Totals 1930 | Totals 1929. | Mr. W.J. Colborne. | Mr. A. L. Dove. | Mr. A. T. Harris. | ||||||
| East | West | (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | ||||||||||
| Total Inspection | 1312 | 1620 | 1104 | 759 | 1703 | 1119 | 960 | 1109 | 524 | 291 | 571 | 328 | 300 | 88 | |||
| on complaints of nuisance,etc. | 615 | 779 | 442 | 409 | 945 | 399 | 430 | 632 | 215 | 114 | 274 | 159 | 131 | 44 | |||
| On notification of infectious diseases | 428 | 541 | 412 | 223 | 598 | 396 | 269 | 369 | 164 | 91 | 245 | 92 | 145 | 36 | |||
| † House-to-house | 93 | 82 | 8 | 56 | 31 | 73 | 32 | 46 | – | – | 9 | 26 | 6 | – | |||
| workshop,workplace,etc. | 153 | 1 | 37 | 18 | 10 | 58 | 94 | 33 | 56 | – | 23 | 51 | – | – | |||
| Miscellaneous | 23 | 223 | 205 | 53 | 119 | 193 | 135 | 29 | 89 | 86 | 20 | – | 18 | 8 | |||
| Premises found in fair condition | 673 | 733 | 569 | 409 | 943 | 391 | 513 | 398 | 189 | 186 | 338 | 162 | 188 | 62 | |||
| Do. Requiring amendment | 639 | 893 | 535 | 350 | 760 | 728 | 447 | 711 | 192 | 105 | 233 | 166 | 106 | 26 | |||
| Details of insanitary condition,etc. | |||||||||||||||||
| walls and ceilings dirty | 200 | 297 | 119 | 171 | 377 | 417 | 304 | 414 | 133 | 74 | 40 | 49 | 69 | 36 | |||
| yards,forecouts and areas insufficiently paved or drained | 119 | 60 | 44 | 50 | 70 | 109 | 64 | 46 | 19 | 10 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 3 | |||
| inlets to drains not properly trapped | 1 | 2 | – | – | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| number of drains tested | 177 | 85 | 241 | 57 | 93 | 160 | 215 | 498 | 64 | 50 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Do. do. defective | 43 | 41 | 45 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 65 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | |||
| Do. do. obstructed | 56 | 73 | 33 | 39 | 67 | 29 | 55 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 4 | 2 | |||
| sink waste pipes not trapped or otherwise defective | 39 | 18 | 34 | 7 | 31 | 96 | 52 | 74 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 7 | – | |||
| Do. do. directly connected to drains | I | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| soil pans pf w.c.'s without suitable water supply | 39 | 20 | 13 | 18 | 65 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Do. do. broken or unsuitable | 20 | 23 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 30 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Do. do. in foul condition | 10 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | |||
| Do. do. untrapped | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| roofs,guttering , and rain water pipes defective | 286 | 279 | 283 | 168 | 367 | 395 | 224 | 251 | 76 | 66 | 112 | 71 | 51 | 32 | |||
| water supplies to premises cut off (notified by metropolitan water board) | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Water service fitting defective ,causing waste of water | 36 | 13 | 46 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |||
| Drinking water improperly stored | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Dampness | 330 | 126 | 76 | 40 | 255 | 163 | 98 | 63 | 37 | 19 | 36 | 22 | 12 | – | |||
| Inundation | 22 | 39 | 1 | 12 | 7 | – | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | – | |||
| Overcrowding | 15 | 30 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 5 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 10 | 1 | – | – | |||
| No proper receptacle for house refuse | 149 | 174 | 145 | 54 | 157 | 141 | 74 | 115 | 49 | 22 | 79 | 51 | 33 | 1 | |||
| Accumulation of dung or refuse | 23 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Insanitary P.H. urinals | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | _– | – | – | –_ | –_ | |||
| other nuisance, diplapidations, want of ventilation, etc. | 365 | 271 | 351 | 286 | 412 | 488 | 241 | 396 | 195 | 116 | 135 | 92 | 125 | 64 | |||
| Breaches of london country council's by-laws | 79 | 11 | 13 | – | 85 | – | 65 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Breaches of council's by-laws | 116 | 22 | 44 | – | 70 | 109 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Intimations served | 544 | 743 | 519 | 350 | 746 | 622 | 447 | 717 | 152 | 109 | 219 | 167 | 99 | 26 | |||
| Final notices served | 197 | 294 | 238 | 113 | 440 | 310 | 130 | 200 | – | 35 | 13 | – | – | – | |||
| Summoneses applied for | 40 | 134 | 123 | 51 | 170 | 46 | 35 | 40 | – | 19 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Passenger from continental ports- | – | 10 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 2 | _– | 1 | – | – | – | – | |||
| visited | |||||||||||||||||
| Undiscoverd | 2 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Intimations served in respect of vermious rooms | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Verminous rooms cleansed by owner ,etc. | 35 | 27 | 8 | 27 | 50 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 3 | – | |||
| RE-inspection | 41 | 17 | 9 | 24 | 50 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | – | |||
| 3144 | 2418 | 2511 | 2056 | 3528 | 1636 | 2121 | 2368 | 625 | 333 | 1063 | 580 | 261 | 164 | ||||
| visited to smallpox contacts | number visited | 4541 | 4073 | 2389 | 1263 | 7299 | 5540 | 895 | 741 | 589 | 238 | 1050 | 764 | 4371 | 531 | ||
| premises visited | 930 | 1807 | 287 | 385 | 1701 | 972 | 194 | 4045 | 530 | 179 | 688 | 227 | 1171 | 156 | |||
| Do. school absentees, etc. | 11 | 83 | 48 | 30 | 22 | 83 | 16 | 26 | 227 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | |||
| House-to-house Visited re smallpox | – | – | 117 | – | 190 | 391 | – | – | – | – | 17 | – | 40 | – | |||
| Visiter re typhoid fever contacts | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Enquiries re re-housing | 64 | 19 | 3 | – | 99 | 60 | 50 | 30 | – | – | 3 | 24 | 29 | 103 | 5 | ||
in addition to the above, 642 house-to-house inspections were made by Mr. (J. H. Brown.
*>116 House-to-house inspections by Mr. C. H. Brown not included in this Table.
Notes.—Work done as—(a) Additional Inspector. (b) Deputy
for absent District Inspector.
Approximately two-thirds of the work carried out by the Temporary
Inspectors is included in the first part of this Table.