Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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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Poplar. | Bromley. | Total. | |||
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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 |