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To the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar and Bromley,
31st December, 1897.
Sir,
I beg to submit to you my Annual Report of the Sanitary Work
executed and nuisances abated in the South Division of Poplar for
the year ended 31st December, 1897.
House to house inspections were carried out as follows:—
The whole of Mellish Street
„ „ Lead Street
„ „ Marsh Street
„ ,, Strattondale Street
„ „ Cold Harbour
Sections of Manchester Road
,, West Ferry Road
„ Launch Street
„ Galbraith Street
„ Stebondale Street
„ Marshfield Street
„ Seysell Street
„ Cahir Street
„ Johnson Street
,, Strafford Street
numbering in all 440 premises inspected.
In addition to the above, 954 complaints of nuisances, and 241
notifications of infectious diseases were received and dealt with,
making a total of 1,635 primary inspections and 5513 re-inspections
for the year. Of that total, 343 premises were found to be in fair
condition, and 81 per cent. required various works of Sanitary
Improvement. Apart from the testing at the completion of new
drain work (which had been done in all possible cases with water),
335 drains were proved defective by the smoke or chemical tests, and
in 536 instances their application revealed no defects.
During the year, the drains of the undermentioned premises had
been reconstructed as follows:—