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Poplar 1916

Annual report for the year 1916 on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, comprising the registration sub-districts of Poplar, Bromley and Bow

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Report of Sanitary Inspector. East Combined Division.
Public Health Department,
December 31st, 1916.
To the Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,—
I beg to submit to you my twenty-first Annual Report of the
sanitary work carried out in my district (East Combined Division)
during the twelve months ended 31st December, 1916.
Inspection of Division.
1,653 premises have been inspected, 1,367 in response to complaints
of nuisances, 262 on account of notifications of infectious diseases, 24
part house-to-house inspections and part under the Housing, Town
Planning, etc., Act, 1909.
House-to-House Inspections.
House-to-house inspections have been carried out under the Housing,
Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909, in the following streets:—
Athol Street, Brunswick Road, Cawdor Street, Greenfield Street,
Follett Street, Gray Street, Tetley Street.
House-to-house inspections have been carried out in sections of the
following streets:—
Aberfeldy Street, Benledi Street, Blair Street, Grundy Street,
High Street, Orchard Place, Robinhood Lane, Wil'is Street,
Woolmore Street.
Drains newly constructed and Reconstructed on the old lines of Drainage.
The drains of the undermentioned premises were newly constructed
or reconstructed on the old lines, and also (where practicable) intercepted,
ventilated and furnished with means of access for cleansing purposes,
in accordance with the London County Council's drainage bye-laws:—
Blackwall Station; Bow Lane, 11, 45; Cook Street, 1;
Cawdor Street, 9, 10, 11; Cotton Street, 68; Gray Street, 1;