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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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Presbyterian Church, Plimsoll Street | Catch pit containing offensive matter and no proper means of drainage to front area | 13th „ | Adjourned two weeks for ground to be further opened in order to trace pipe from catch pit. Summons dismissed £2 2s. costs against the Board, as the magistrate considered the complaint was part of the "petition" to the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers in the year 1849, which petition had never received proper sanction (only by the engineer), and had been the cause of a summons in a previous instance, which summons had been dismissed. The magistrate, however, stated that on account of a recent decision in which it was decided that an officer of the London County Council could act,** the Board could apply for a mandamus for him to reopen the case. Work since carried out by Board. The forecourts on the south side of street drained into sewer | Mr. Bullock |
| 16 Whitethorn Street | W.C. obstructed; urgent nuisance; Board and committee in vacation. Summons applied for under the 12th Section of the Public Health (Lond.) Act, 1891 | 1st Sept. | 4 days' abatement order and£210s. costs | Mr. Miners acting for Mr. Anthony |
| United Horse Shoe Nail Company | Smoke nuisance | 14th „ | Abatement order, 14 days. £1 5s. costs | Mr. Raymond |
| Capewell Horse Shoe Nail Company | Smoke nuisance | 14th „ | Abatement order, 14 days. £l 5s. costs | Mr. Raymond |
| Sun Flour Mill Company | Smoke nuisance | 14th Sept. | Adjourned 28th September. Abatement order, 14 days. £1 5s. costs | Mr. Raymond |
| Messrs. Kemball and Bishop | Smoke nuisance | 14th „ | Adjourned 28th September. Abatement order, 14 days.£1 5s. costs | Mr. Raymond |
| 16 Broomfield Street | Mr. Miners summoned in order that the "closing order" made 9th December, 1897, might be cancelled | 19th „ | Premises fit for human habitation. Closing: order cancelled | Mr. Miners |
| 24 „ „ | As above | 19th „ | As above | Mr. Miners |
| 14 „ „ | As above (but closing order was made 29th April, 1898 | 19th „ | As above | Mr. Miners |
| A very important point for Metropolitan Sanitary authorities to bear in mind and have decided in respect to those "Petitions "for laying in of drains, between the period October 1849 to October 1851, which only received the sanction of the engineers and surveyors to the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers. See my reports "Sewer or Drain" respecting the petitions and plans, in the keeping of the London County Council. | ||||
| Belvidere Fish and Guano Company, Ltd. | An accumulation or deposit of fish offal, being a nuisance and injurious to health (recurring nuisance) | 5th Oct. | Prohibitory order forthwith. £\ 5s costs | Mr. Raymond |
| 9 Chilcot Street | Foul and dirty condition of the whole house | 6th ,, | Abatement order, 10 days. £1 7s. costs | Mr. Bullock |
| 4 Stewarts Terrace | Basement rooms damp, scullery floor defective, no under floor ventilation beneath back basement floors, walls and ceilings dirty and dilapidated; floors, stairs and window sashes defective | 12th „ | Abatement order, 10 days.£1 7s. costs | M. Foad |
| 89 St. Leonards Street | Mr. Anthony summoned in order that the "closing order "made 14th January, 1896, might be cancelled. | 19th „ | Closing order cancelled | Mr. Anthony |
| 173 Chrisp Street | Premises damp, roofs, eaves and gutters of back addition and washhouuse defective, absence of rain water pipe to back addition | 27th Oct. | Abatement order, 7 days. 4s. costs | Mr. Miners |
| *212 St. Leonards Roac | Obstructed and defective drains, main drain takes the sewage of No. 214, St. Leonards Road, and Nos. 50, 52, 54, and 56, Zetland Street. | 10th Nov. | Abatement order, 21 days. 12s. 6d. costs | Mr. Miners |
| 2 Samuda Street | Dirty conditio. 1 of the walls and ceilings of the ground floor rooms | 10th ,, | Abatement order, 21 days. 12s. 6d. costs | Mr. Foad |
| 19 „ „ | Defective sink waste pipe | 10th ,, | Abatement order, 7 days. 12s. 6d. costs | Mr. Foad |
| 73 Stebondale Street | Basement rooms damp, flooring defective and insufficient underfloor ventilation | 10th ,, | Abatement order, 21 days. 12s. 6d. costs | Mr. Foad |
| 27 Ashton Street | Defective drain, owner raised question of "sewer," plans, and minute in order | 10th ,, | Abatement order, 7 days. 25s. costs | Mr. Bullock |
| Belvidere Fish and Guano Company, Ltd. | Summoned for knowingly and wilfully on the 18th, 19th, and 21st November, acting contrary to a prohibition order, dated the 5th day of October, prohibiting the recurrence of an accumulation or deposit of fish offal at the depot | 1st. Dec. | Company pleaded disorganisation of the river traffic on account of fog. Penalty 1s. and 2s. costs. 18th Nov. „ 1s. „ 2s. „ 19th „ „ 10s. „ 23s. „ 21st „ | Mr. Raymond |
| 34 Fern Street | Defective drain | 15th „ | Abatement order, 14 days. 25s. costs | Mr. Anthony |
| 32 „ „ | Defective drain | 15th Dec. | Abatement order, 14 days. 25s. costs. | Mr. Anthony |
| 30 ,, ,, | Defective drain | 15th „ | Abatement order, 14 days.£1 18s. 4d. costs † | Mr. Anthony |
| 21 Eastward Street | Defective Drain | 15th „ | Abatement order, 7 days. £1 8s. costs † | Mr. Anthony |
| 185 Campbell Road | Obstructed Drain, agent raised question of "sewer," plans and minute in possession of Board | 15th „ | Obstruction relieved before hearing of summons. Penalty of 1s., costs 23s. | Mr. Anthony |
| 183 „ „ | Obstructed drain | 15th „ | Obstruction relieved, summons withdrawn | Mr. Anthony |
| Highway, Chrisp Street | Two Cwt. of figs seized on a barrow | 24th „ | Ordered to be destroyed by magistrate. | Mr. Bullock. |
* Owner desired to be summoned so as to have an "order" made against him that he might recover share of expense from adjoining owners.
† Includes cost of opening the ground (under the 40th section of Public Health (Lond.) Act. 1891, and the 82nd section of the Metroplis Local Management Act,
1855), previously to the taking out of the summonses.