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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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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| No. of Street and Premises. | Nature of Complaint. | Date of hearing summonses at Police Courts. | Result. | Name of Inspector. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Empson Street | Board's bye-law infringed. The unenclosed open space in front of the above premises not properly paved. (Test case.) | 12th Jan. | Summons dismissed. The owner proved that the fencing had been removed by him 30 years previously, and moreover he had executed no work to such open space or forecourt during that period. The magistrate decided that the area had therefore been dedicated to the public | Mr. Anthony |
| 13 „ „ | As above | 12th „ | As above | Mr. Anthony |
| 41 „ „ | As above | 12th „ | As above A total of £4 4s. costs were given against the Board in the above cases All the unenclosed open spaces on the south side of the street have since been paved by the Board. | Mr. Anthony |
| Chrisp Street | Three pieces of meat seized from a shop | 21st „ | Condemned by magistrate | Mr. Bullock |
| „ „ | Shop-keeper summoned | 28th ,, | Summons dismissed. Legal technicality as to proof of ownership | Mr. Bullock |
| 15 Cording Street | Defective and obstructed main drain. (Owner raised the question of sewer) | 16th March | Adjourned two weeks for the ground to be further opened. Plans and minutes proved to be in order. Abatement order, 14 days and £1 11s. 6d. costs | Mr. Miners |
| 61 Plevna Street | Flooring of front room ground floor rotten and dangerous. Walls and floors of ground floor rooms damp | 31st „ | Abatement order, 14 days. £1 7s. costs | Mr. Foad |
| 1 Frederick Cottages | The Medical Officer summoned in order that the "orders" made by the Court of Summary Jurisdiction held at the Town Hall, Poplar, on the 5th June, 1891, under the Housing of the Working Classes Act. might be removed | 12th April | Closing orders cancelled; premises having been made fit for human habitation | Medical Officer |
| 2 „ „ | 21st ,, | |||
| 3 „ „ | 21st „ | |||
| 4 „ „ | 21st ,, | „ „ | ||
| 5 „ „ | 21st „ | „ „ | ||
| 6 „ „ | 21st „ | „ „ | ||
| 56 Cottage Street | No water supply for sanitary and domestic purposes | 13th April | Closing order forthwith. 12s. 6d. costs. Premises since demolished | Mr. Bullock |
| 9 Albert Street | Premises still occupied. Owner, tenant and lodger summoned for disobeying "closing order" made by magistrate and served 21st November, 1897 | 15th „ | Owner fined £29 and £2 3s. costs. Tenant moved away after service of summons ; 2s. costs. Lodger's case adjourned for three days 18th April to allow her to move. Reprimanded by magistrate. Summons withdrawn | Mr. Miners |
| 14 Broomfield Street | Owner summoned for disobeying magistrate's "order" made 9th December, 1897. Work not executed | 29th ,, | Penalty £5. Costs £1 7s | Mr. Miners |
| 18 „ „ | As above | 29th „ | Penalty £5. Costs £1 7s. | Mr. Miners |
| 20 „ „ | As above | 29th ,, | Penalty £5. Costs £1 7s. | Mr. Miners |
| 22 „ „ | As above | 29th „ | Penalty £5. Costs £1 7s. | Mr. Miners |
| 14 „ „ | No water supply for sanitary and domestic purposes | 29 th „ | Closing order forthwith. Costs £1 7s. | Mr. Miners |
| 14 Spanby Road | Walls of ground floor front room damp | 9th May | Work completed; summons withdrawn. 2s. costs | Mr. Anthony |
| 64 Ida Street | Drains defective in connection with W.C. | 11th „ | Summons not served; owner had moved away. Magistrate allowed summons to be withdrawn | Mr. Miners |
| 22 Stewarts Terrace | Scullery floor defective ; wall of scullery damp | 12th ,, | Penalty 1s. Costs 24s. | Mr. Foad |
| 17 Stewarts Terrace | Drain defective in W.C. ... | 12th „ | Abatement order, 7 days. Costs £1 7s. | Mr. Foad |
| T. S. Price & Company Chemical Manure Works, Millwall | Summons under Section 19 (1) Public Health (Lond.) Act, 1891, for establishing the business of manure manufacturer | 24th „ | Penalty £1. Costs £3. The business of artificial manure making discontinued | Mr. Raymond |
| 64 Ida Street | Drain defective in W.C. | 19th „ | Question of "sewer" raised in respect to defective main pipes adjourned to 2nd June, re-adjourned to 16th June, adjourned to 23rd June. Work of main executed by Board, Branch, drains completed by owner. Summons withdrawn | Mr. Miners |
| 66 „ „ | As above | 19th „ | As above | Mr. Miners |
| 68 „ „ | As above | 19th „ | As above | Mr. Miners |
| 29 Merchant Street | Defective drain | 13th July | Abatement order, 14 days. Costs £l7s | Mr. Anthony |
| 10 Findhorn Street | Defective main drain under No. 10 taking sewage of Nos. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 | 19th „ | Summons dismissed, with three guineas costs against Board, as the main drain is shewn on the plan in the keeping of the Board to run under No. 8 "Case" granted by the magistrate In the meantime work completed by Board | Mr. Miners |
| *109 Abbott Road | Defective main drain under No. 109 taking sewage of Nos. 101, 102, 103, 105, 107, 109, 111, 113 and 115 | 19th „ | Abatement order, 21 days. 6s. cost | Mr. Miners |
* Owner desired to be summoned so as to have an "order" made against him that he might recover share of expense from adjoining owners.