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Poplar 1893

[Report on the sanitary condition of the parishes of Poplar and Bromley within the Poplar District with vital statistics]

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Schools (i), (2), (4), (6) and (7)—
Latrines, iron troughs, were in a foul and offensive condition, more
particularly in cases (1) and (2). The seats were nearly all fixed,
consequently the troughs were not easily accessible for cleansing
purposes. The boys' latrine (1) school, the drains were proved
untrapped.
Schools (1). (2). (3), (4) and (5)—
Closets—Teachers and scholars were not furnished with proper
soil pans, water supplies and apparatus. The drains and soil pipes
proved defective, and not ventilated in connection with same.
School (4)—
Slop closets, waste pipes connected with soil pipes, untrapped in
connection with pan and without means of ventilation, (1) waste
pipes not trapped nor ventilated.
Schools (x), (2), (4), (5) and (6)—
Sinks and lavatories-The waste pipes were not all trapped, disconnected
or furnished with proper means of ventilation.
Schools (1), (2) and (4)—
Urinals—The drains and waste pipes were proved defective and
untrapped.
Schools (1), (2), (3), (5), (6) and (7)—
The rain-water pipes were not all disconnected from drains and
made to discharge in the open over gully drain inlets. The drains
in connection with 10 (dwarf) down pipes in case (5) were choked
and defective.
School (8)—
The closet accommodation was insufficient, yards badly paved,
surface drain inlet imperfectly trapped.