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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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| Nature of Nuisance. | Number of Notices served. | Cause of Nuisance. | How Remedied. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke Nuisances | 15 | Burning of inferior fuel, and absence of smokeconsuming apparatus. | A better class of fuel is now used. |
| Insufficient Latrine accommodation in factories and workshops | 15 | In each case the latrine accommodation was insufficient. | In each case the accommodation has been increased, and fitted up on the most improved principle. |
| Discharging chemical refuse into sewer | 2 | Refuse from acetic acid and soda works discharged into sewer. | Means have been adopted for preventing offensive refuse passing into sewers. |
| Wool cleansing | 2 | Nuisancecaused by treating animal refuse and fleshings. | In both cases the works have been closed. |
| Fish curing | 1 | Smoke nuisance from defective smoke holes. | The smoke hole has been put into thorough repair. |
| Sulphate of ammonia works | 1 | Large escape of sulphuretted hydrogen from main shaft. | The condensing apparatus has been increased. |
| Cork burning | 1 | Large quantity of cork cuttings burnt as fuel. | Extra precautions taken to prevent escape of noxious vapours. |
| Tin burning | 1 | Nuisance caused by burning out castor oil cans, etc. | The process has been discontinued. |
| Fat melting | 1 | Escape of noxious vapours from set of fat melting pots. | The boilingapparatus has been put into thorough repair. |
| Bakehouses | 22 | The whole of the bakehouses have been inspected twice during the year, and, where necessary, notices have been served for remedying defects. | In each case the terms of the notices have been complied with. |
C. W. RAYMOND,
Inspector of Nuisances in Manufactories and Workshops.