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selling milk deficient in cream to the extent of 33 per cent.; 20s.
and 2s. costs.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
RICHARD E. MINERS,
Assoc. San. Inst.
Sanitary Inspector and Inspector under
the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
Bromley South Division.
To the Medical Officer of Heath, Poplar and Bromley.
To the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar and Bromley.
December 31st, 1897.
Sir,—
I beg to submit to you my second Annual Report of the
Sanitary work carried out in my district (Poplar, North Division)
during the year 1897.
1932 premises have been inspected, 1236 in answer to complaints
of nuisances, 419 on account of notifications of infectious diseases,
the remaining 277 being house-to house inspections. Out of the
above total number of inspections, the drains of 1033 premises have
been tested with either smoke or chemical drain testers and 676 were
proved to be defective (not gastight), and in 357 instances the tests
revealed no defects. 353 premises were found to be in fair condition.
House-to-house inspections have been carried out in the whole of the
following streets, viz:—Duke Street, Salter's Buildings, West Street,
Wright's Place, Orchard Place, Osborn Place, Phoebe Court, Gaselee
Street, Lee Passage and Creekside, and sections of the following streets,