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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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House-to house inspections were carried out as follows:—
Whole of Andrew Street. Sections of Abbott Road.
„ ,, Bromley Cottages. ,, „ Ailsa Street.
„ „ Carmen Street. „ „ Albert Street.
„ „ Corn Place. „ „ Barchester Street.
„ „ Dunbar Cottages. „ „ Benledi Street.
„ „ GrundyStreet(Bromleypoition) „ ,, Brunswick Road.
„ „ Oban Street. „ „ Blair Street.
,, „ Broomfield Street.
,, „ Burcham Street.
,, „ Byron Street.
„ „ Chrisp Street.
„ „ Culloden Street.
„ ,, Cording Street.
„ „ Cobden Street.
„ „ Dee Street.
„ „ Fawe Street.
„ „ Findhorn Street.
„ „ Guildford Road.
„ „ Ida Street.
,, „ Kerby Street.
,, „ Leven Road.
,, „ Lochnagar Street.
„ „ Railway Street.
„ ,, Spey Street.
„ „ St. Leonard's Road.
„ „ Tapley Street,
„ „ Wyvis Street.
The drains of 792 premises were tested with the Board's smoke
test (machine or rockets); 336 drains were found to be defective
(not gas-tight), and in the remaining 456 instances no defects were
discovered.