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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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53
Water supply fittings defective causing nuisance from dampness
amended 45
Water supplies improved where insufficient 7
Water supplies for domestic purposes altered or improved 83
Bath, sink, or lavatory waste pipes repaired, trapped, or disconnected
from drains and soil pans 18
Rainwater pipes reinstated or disconnected from drains 46
Yards or areas paved 15
Washhouses paved 10
Roofs repaired or made watertight 15
Guttering reinstated 20
Other nuisances abated consisting principally of structural
dilapidations 20
Licensed cow-houses under inspection 11
Licensed slaughter-houses under inspection 6
Bedding, clothing, &c., disinfected at the Board's apparatus 158
Bedding, &c., disinfected upon the premises 7
Patients removed to hospital 65
The drain smoke test has been applied in 194 instances. In
92 cases defects were discovered.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
RICHARD E. MINERS, Assoc. San. Inst.,
Sanitary Inspector, and
Inspector under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts,
No. 2 District.
To Dr. R. M. Talbot.