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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
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the Bow District, comprising the Parish of St. Mary Stratford-le-Bow
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APPENDIX.
Number and nature of Sanitary Works executed in No. 3 District
during the year ending December 31st, 1893.
Houses and other premises inspected 2000
Walls and ceilings of houses cleansed{throughout 48
Partially 291
Drains opened and cleansed 239
Defective drains repaired 766
Inlets to drains properly trapped 511
Sink waste pipes properly disconnected from drains 285
Rainwater pipes do. do. 253
Roofs made watertight 119
Roof, guttering and rainwater pipes repaired 148
Water laid on to soil pans of W.C.'s 349
New soil pans provided 181
Foul soil pans cleansed 135
Soil pans trapped 6
Ventilation of W.C.'s improved 30
Dead bodies removed to Wellington Road Mortuary to await
burial 2
Yards, areas, and forecourts, paved 338
Water supplies to houses reinstated 82
Water service for domestic purposes altered or improved 270
Water service fittings repaired 40
Overcrowding abated 4
Accumulations of dung and refuse removed 63
Other nuisances remedied, chiefly dilapidations 240
Drains tested by the application of the smoke drain test, of
which 56.75 per cent. were proved defective 1214
WILLIAM BOYCE,
Sanitary Inspector,
Bow (West Division)