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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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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115
Bath, sink, or lavatory waste pipes repaired, trapped, or disconnected
from drains 156
Rainwater pipes reinstated or disconnected from drains 148
Yards or areas paved 50
Stables paved 4
Washhouses paved 60
Yards and areas, means of drainage (20) provided to carry off
surface water (7) 27
Roofs repaired or made watertight 134
Guttering repaired or reinstated 20
Dung and other offensive accumulations removed 20
Proper receptacles for dung provided 2
Dead body removed to Board's Mortuary 1
Stagnant water nuisances abated 3
Other nuisances abated consisting principally of structural
dilapidations 50
Licensed Cow Houses under inspection 4
Licensed Slaughter Houses under inspection 2
The drain smoke test has been applied in 773 instances. In 481
cases defects were discovered.
The market places have been regularly inspected throughout the
three quarters ending December 31st, 1893, but in no instance was
any articles of food exposed for sale at the time of my visits, in such
a condition as to justify seizure.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
RICHARD E. MINERS,
Assoc. San. Inst.
Sanitary Inspector and Inspector under the
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
South Bromley Division.