London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1894
Report on the sanitary condition of the parishes of Poplar and Bromley within the Poplar District with vital statistics
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45 samples of food and drugs for analysis. Legal proceedings were
instituted against 10 of the respective vendors, and on these 10 cases
convictions were obtained, the penalties inflicted by the presiding
Magistrate, varying from fifteen shillings to ten pounds.
The Market and Stalls have also been regularly inspected throughout
the year, but in no instance was anything exposed for sale at the
time of my visit in such a condition as to justify seizure.
I have also made periodical inspections throughout the year of the
Cow and Slaughter Houses in my district.
The Licensed Slaughter Houses number 4
The Licensed Cowhouses 7
| Houses or other premises inspected | 1690 |
| Walls and ceilings of premises cleansed throughout | 50 |
| Do. do. do. partially | 355 |
| Drains opened and cleansed | 292 |
| Inlets to drains trapped with stoneware gullies | 334 |
| Drains re-constructed, repaired, or amended | 682 |
| Sink waste pipes properly disconnected from drain | 212 |
| Rain water pipes do. do. do. | 238 |
| Roofs made water-tight | 144 |
| Eaves, gutters, and rain water pipes repaired | 290 |
| Water laid on to soil pans of W.C.'s | 354 |
| New soil pans provided | 516 |
| Foul soil pans cleansed | 146 |
| Soil pans trapped | 22 |
| Water supplies reinstated to houses | 61 |
| Water service altered so as to draw direct from main | 230 |
| Defective water fittings repaired | 46 |
| Yards, forecourts, and areas paved | 757 |
| Do. do. do. drained | 87 |
| Accumulations of dung and other refuse removed | 57 |
| Other nuisances remedied | 487 |