Annual report, year 1898, on the sanitary condition with vital statistics of the parishes of Poplar and Bromley within the Poplar District page 57

Poplar 1898

Annual report, year 1898, on the sanitary condition with vital statistics of the parishes of Poplar and Bromley within the Poplar District

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Table: List of Sanitary Works carried out in the Parishes of Poplar and Bromley, from the 1st January, 1898, to 31st December, 1898.

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List of Sanitary Works carried out in the Parishes of Poplar and Bromley, from the 1st January, 1898, to 31st December, 1898.

	Poplar.		Bromley.		Total.
	Mr. Bullock	Mr. Foad	Mr. Anthony	Mr. Miners
	Houses or other premises inspected	1786	1639	1689		1499	6613
Walls and ceilings of Premises cleansed throughout	41	26	34	5	106
Do. do. do. partially	203	179	268	71	721
Roofs repaired and made water-tight	99	274	152	69	594
Eaves gutters and rain-water pipes repaired	151	87	177	117	532
Dampness of walls remedied	84	154	62	177	477
Bath, sinks and lavatory waste pipes repaired trapped or disconnected from drains	101	6	25	15	147
Rain-water pipes disconnected from drains	47	14	17	33	111
Cisterns cleansed and covered	42	12	6	23	83
Water service altered so as to draw direct from main	42	12	15	35	104
Water supplies reinstated where cut off through defective fittings	133	26	59	58	276
Defective water fittings repaired (causing nuisance from dampness)	83	17	15	59	174
Drains tested with smoke (primary tests)	760	1090	985	792	3627
Drains found defective	497	301	450	336	1584
Drains opened and cleansed	278	345	271	150	1044
Inlets to drains trapped with stoneware gullies	112	31	36	130	309
Drains reconstructed, repaired or amended	520	301	396	300	1517
Soil pans provided with sufficient water supply or supply reinstated	63	119	136	86	404
Foul soil pans cleansed	32	17	24	92	165
Soil pans properly trapped	35	18	12	3	68
New soil pans provided	62	299	82	250	693
Water closets newly constructed or better situated	50	2	9	7	68
Water closets' ventilation improved	31	2	10	3	46
Yards, forecourts, areas and washhouses paved	266	102	254	166	788
Do. do. do. do. drained	72	97	16	120	305
Inundations abated	27	7	0	7	41
Overcrowdings abated	26	13	10	9	58
Nuisances from improper keeping of animals abated	13	3	3	3	22
Dung receptacles provided or repaired	9	5	9	7	30
Accumulations of dung and other refuse removed	71	37	52	39	199
Public-house urinals cleansed or repaired	25	6	16	5	52
Other nuisances abated, consisting principally of dilapidations and want of underfloor ventilation	224	381	395	260	1260
Breaches of L.C.C. Bye-laws abated	34	25	31	57	147
Intimations served	822	896	1087	778	3583
Statutory notices served	579	354	381	313	1627
Final notices served	70	140	125	59	394
Summonses applied for	9	8	16	17	50
Reinspections made	6257	5485	4614	4855	21211