London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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| Milk | Adulterated with 9 per cent. of water and deficient in cream to the extent of 90 per cent. Vendor fined 33s. |
| Cocoa | Adulterated with sugar and arrowroot to the extent of 40 and 24 per cent respectively. Vendor fined £2 10s and £1 3s. costs. |
| Vinegar | Adulterated with 22 per cent. of water. Vendor fined £2. |
| Butter | Adulterated with 76 per cent. of foreign fat. Vendor fined £10. |
| Lime Water | Deficient in lime to the extent of 43.6 per cent Vendor fined 20s. and 42s. costs. |
| Lime Water | Deficient in lime to the extent of 18 per cent, (or adulterated with 18 per cent. of water). Vendor fined 10s. and £1 3s. costs. |
| Butter | Adulterated with 91 per cent. of foreign fat. Vendor fined £4 and 2s. costs. |
Under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, police-court legal
proceedings had been taken against the owners of the under-mentioned
premises for disobeying the Board's notices with the following
results:—
9, 13, 41. Empson Street.
Summonses were taken out against the owner of the above
premises for not complying with the Board's notices, that is to
say:—"To pave the open spaces in front of premises." The
Magistrate being satisfied that the "open spaces" had been
dedicated to the public for over 30 years, dismissed the summons
with £4 4s costs against the Board.