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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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East combinedWest combined.roplar South.Bromley North.Bromley Central.Bom Last.Low West.Totals.
Roof guttering and rainwater pipes defective12013518993977174779
Roofs not watertight1511012511011751081441,034
Water supplies to premises out off (notified by Metropolitan Water Board)4166o68 1648
Water service fittings defective, causing waste of water321931291716160
Drinking Water improperly stored————1 13——1
W.C.s badly ventilated—l11——16
Do. badly situated—l—————1
Dampness11572101267810288582
Inundations77———2—16
Overcrowding—141162—24
Accumulations of dung or refuse205461911015125
Foul p.h. urinals11113123—141
Other nuisances, dilapidations, want of ventilations, etc.3382443551742582412381,898
Breaches of London County Council By-laws503——28634148
Breaches of Council's By-laws23————214589
Intimations served5683944394474903584943,190
Notices served2592481152774051283301,762
Final notices served07391835742215270
Summonses applied for2————215
Passengers from Continental Ports—
Visited9245758361
Undiscovered42———129
Re-Inspections4,5042,1492,5961,6153,1591,7391,07416,836
Intimations served in respect of verminous rooms, whether in conjunction with, or separate from, other defects2819912112926134
East combinedWest combined.roplar South.Bromley North.Bromley Central.Bom Last.Low West.Totals.
Roof guttering and rainwater pipes defective12013518993977174779
Roofs not watertight1511012511011751081441,034
Water supplies to premises out off (notified by Metropolitan Water Board)4166o68 1648
Water service fittings defective, causing waste of water321931291716160
Drinking Water improperly stored————1 13——1
W.C.s badly ventilated—l11——16
Do. badly situated—l—————1
Dampness11572101267810288582
Inundations77———2—16
Overcrowding—141162—24
Accumulations of dung or refuse205461911015125
Foul p.h. urinals11113123—141
Other nuisances, dilapidations, want of ventilations, etc.3382443551742582412381,898
Breaches of London County Council By-laws503——28634148
Breaches of Council's By-laws23————214589
Intimations served5683944394474903584943,190
Notices served2592481152774051283301,762
Final notices served07391835742215270
Summonses applied for2————215
Passengers from Continental Ports—
Visited9245758361
Undiscovered42———129
Re-Inspections4,5042,1492,5961,6153,1591,7391,07416,836
Intimations served in respect of verminous rooms, whether in conjunction with, or separate from, other defects2819912112926134