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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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VERMINOUS PERSONS IN COMMON LODGING
HOUSES, LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL
POWERS) ACT, 1907.
Number of Persons Cleansed Within and Without Borough from
Common Lodging Houses ; Agreement with the London
County Council to Bath Inmates from Common Lodging
Houses from Without the Borough of Poplar.
Number of Persons Cleansed Within and Without Borough
from Common Lodging Houses.
The following number of persons from Common Lodging Houses within and without the Borough of Poplar were cleansed at the Council's Cleansing Station, Glaucus Street, during the year ended 31st December, 1916.
| Common Lodging House, etc. | Male. | Female | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bow Chambers, 193-7, Bow Road | 83 | - | 83 |
| St. James' Chambers, 217, High Street, Poplar | 16 | — | 16 |
| No address (tramp) | 1 | — | 1 |
| 100 | — | 100 | |
| From Common Lodging Houses without Borough of Poplar— | |||
| Hanbury Street, 194, Whitechapel | — | 9 | 9 |
| 14, West India Dock Road | 2 | — | 2 |
| Brick Lane | — | 1 | 1 |
| Wentworth Street | — | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 11 | 13 | |