Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report, year 1897, on the sanitary condition with vital statistics of the parishes of Poplar and Bromley within the Poplar District
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| Nature of Nuisance. | Number of Notices served. | Cause of Nuisance. | How Remedied. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke Nuisance | 31 | Burning of inferior fuel, and defective apparatus. | Better fuel used and apparatus repaired. |
| Insufficient latrine accommodation | 4 | Defective sanitary arrangements. | Accommodation increase< 1 and new apparatus fitted |
| India Rubber Works. | 1 | Condensing apparatus defective. | Apparatus repaired. |
| Fish curing | Defective smoke holes... | The smoke holes have been repaired. | |
| Fish skin drying | 8 | Nuisance caused by scraping and drying fish skins. | In each case the business has been discontinued. |
| Fish offal | 3 | Accumulation of fish offal at depot... | Means are now adopted for removing promptly. |
| Laundries | 2 | Paving and drainage defective. | The defects have been remedied. |
| Tar Works | 1 | Nuisance caused by running off pitch at too high a temperature | The pitch is allowed to cool before being run into chamber. |
| Varnish Works | 2 | The condensing apparatus was out of order. | The apparatus has been repaired. |
| Bakehouses | 66 | The whole of the bakehouses have been inspected twice during the year, and, where necessary, notices have been served for cleansing same. | In each case the terms of the notice have been carried out. |
| Cocoa nut oil works. | 1 | Nuisance caused by burning cocoa nut refuse. | Process discontinued. |