Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report on the sanitary condition of the parishes of Poplar and Bromley within the Poplar District with vital statistics]
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Foul, improperly flushed, trough closets replaced by stoneware
latrines, and furnished with automatic flush tanks 14
Do. do. troughs enamelled, trapped, and water flush
improved 6
Foul pan-closet apparatus replaced by improved pans and traps,
furnished with suitable water flush 6
Defective soil pipes repaired 2
Exhaust drain ventilating shaft heightened 1
Draw taps from main provided 12
Filters abolished 5
Watercloset ventilation improved 17
Additional waterclosets provided 5
Foul urinals repaired and cleansed 3
Defective paving repaired 2
Internal surfaces of rooms, passages, &c., cleansed 2
Result of Inspections since appointment to South Division of Poplar.
Drains reconstructed, repaired, cleansed and amended 327
Inlets trapped with suitable stoneware traps 271
Soil pipes repaired 2
Sink waste pipes disconnected from drain 106
Rain water pipes do. do. 117
W.C. soil pans furnished with suitable water supplies 143
Do. renewed, cleansed or trapped 173
Yards, forecourts, areas, washhouses, &c., paved and drained 229
Roofs, rain-water pipes or gutters repaired 248
Defective water service fittings, burst pipes, &c., repaired 11
Water supplies to premises improved 9
Drinking water cisterns repaired and cleansed, or draw taps from
main provided. 85
Waterclosets repaired and ventilated 9
Do. rebuilt 7
Foul public house urinals repaired and cleansed 4
Overcrowding abated 3
Underground room occupied separately as a dwelling (cellar
dwelling) 1
Dead body removed to Board's Mortuary 1
Internal surfaces of premises cleansed and repaired throughout 79
Do. do. do. partially 178
Various nuisances from improper keeping of animals, dilapidations,
floodings, &c 118
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