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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 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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Box Street, Blackthorn Street, Clifton Street, Davis Street, Favonia
Street, Franklin Street, Gaverick Street, Gale Street, Hancock
Road, Hillplace Street, High Street (Poplar), Latham Street,
Manchester Road, Marshfield Street, Perring Street, Otis Street,
Pennyfields, Portree Street, Parnell Road, Banwell Street, Book
Street, Rothbury Boad, Sabbarton Street, Sherwood Street, Sophia
Street, Stebondale Street, Stour Road, Simpson's Road, Stewart
Street, St. Leonard's Road, Tidey Street, West Ferry Road, Wyke
Road, Wendon Street, Wellington Street, West India Dock Boad,
Whitethorn Street.
| General. | Chinese Quarter* | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses registered | 46 | 42 |
| Notices served re houses to be registered | 46 | 42 |
| Declarations for information, sent out | 46 | 42 |
| „ with „ returned | 46 | 42 |
| House-to-House inspections | 397 | 48 |
| Booms measured and capacities registered | 67 | 35 |
| House-to-House visits for registration purposes | 46 | 42 |
| Cases of overcrowding— | ||
| Outstanding as on December 31st, 1915 | 17 | |
| Discovered during 1916 | 126 | 19 |
| 143 | ||
| Abated | 127 | 11 |
| Outstanding, December 30th, 1916 | 16 | 8 |
| Notices served for cleansing to be carried out | 230 | 31 |
| ,, abatement of overcrowding | 48 | — |
| ,, under Public Health (London) Act, 1891 | 38 | 4 |
| ,, under Poplar Borough Council Bye-laws | 16 | 1 |
| Final notices served | 37 | 3 |
| Intimations served— | ||
| Under L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1904, re verminous rooms | 102 | 3 |
| Under Public Health (London) Act, 1891 | 377 | 27 |
| Under Poplar Borough Council Bye-Laws | 61 | 3 |
| Under London County Council Bye-Laws | 16 | — |
| 11 | 13 | |
| Notices served under Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act 1909 | 27 | - |
| Notices served under London County Council Bye-Laws | 10 | — |
" Included in figures under heading " General."