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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On the appointment of Mr. F. J. Anthony, June 27th, 1893, for
the North Bromley Division— Marner Street Board Schools, Roman
Catholic Day Schools and Mission, Wesleyan Day and Sunday
Schools were under his jurisdiction, and he will report on same.
By the direction of Mr. Young, the Public Analyst, I have obtained
59 samples of food, &c., for analysis.
Legal proceedings were instituted in one case against the vendor,
who was fined £3 and 2s. costs.
Table of Sanitary Defects.
Walls and ceilings of houses cleansed throughout 50
Do. do. do. partially 209
Walls and ceilings of wash-houses and closets cleansed 90
Houses furnished with means of under-floor ventilation 38
Houses—means of ventilation improved 5
Drains reconstructed where old and defective 150
Drain inlets effectually trapped 150
Drains freed from obstruction 50
Drains furnished with intercepting traps for effectually cutting
off sewer gas, access chambers with suitable iron covers and
frames for cleansing purposes and fitted with fresh air inlets
and ventilation upshaft pipes 30
Soil pans cleansed, reinstated where defective or unsuitable, and
drains in connection with same trapped 80
Soil pans water supplies provided or reinstated 168
Soil pipes in connection with first floor closets reinstated 5
Soil pipe ventilated in accordance with L.C.C. bye-laws 5
Closet apparatus reinstated with suitable soil pans and traps 5
Water supplies reinstated where cut off through defective pipes,
fittings, or other causes 40
Water supply fittings defective (causing nuisance from dampness)
amended 63
Water supplies improved where insufficient 7
Water supplies for domestic purposes altered or improved 207
Water supply storage cistern waste pipes disconnected from
drains, or flushing pipes in connection with soil pans 10