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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 1919

Annual report for the year 1919 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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Table: Tabulated Statement of Inspections, of Insanitary Condition found existing, and of Re-inspections during the Period from 1st January, 1919, to 31st December, 1919.

Tabulated Statement of Inspections, of Insanitary Condition found existing, and of Re-inspections during the Period from 1st January, 1919, to 31st December, 1919.

Eait combined.Wet £ combined.Poplar South.Bromley North.Bromley Central.Bow Katt.Bow West.Totals.
Inspections:—9641,2181,3071,0988431,0301,1337,593
On Complaints of Nuisances, etc.f,068709857345796058615,240
On notification of infectious diseases2223173223582112072721,909
House to house visitation136265—653218_678
Houses found in good condition4156068736512564726393,912
Do. requiring amendment54945343444758743849 43,402
Details of Insanitary Conditions.
Walls and ceilings requiring cleansing throughout14211923162324140
Do. do. partially2252331771652431292641,436
Tards and areas insufficiently paved5339282644533228
Do. imperfectly drained424615—185117
Inlets to drains not properly trapped1155——1—22
Drains proved defective by smoke drain test3261726111712112
Smoke drain test applied with negative results132512723] 4136—464
Drains obstructed5790131131195242522
Sink waste pipes directly connected with drains———1—1_2
Rain water pipes do. do.—27—_21—30
Soil pans of w.c.s without suitable water supply6327628726632303
Do. broken or unsuitable2111912717683
Do. in foul condition3032121313279136
Do. untrapped—1——4——5