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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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| Nature of Nuisance. | Number of Notices served. | Cause of Nuisance. | How Remedied. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cocoa nut oil works | 2 | Nuisance caused by burning damaged cocoa nuts. | Nuisance abated. |
| Asphalte Works | 1 | Escape of noxious vapour from the mastic cauldrons | The cauldrons have been repaired. |
| Workshops | 6 | Walls and ceilings of workrooms in a dirty and dilapidated state. | The workrooms were thoroughly cleansed. |
| Refuse into Sewer | 6 | Nuisance caused by discharging trade refuse into main sewer | Means adopted for preventing any further escape. |
| Lamp Black Works | 1 | Large escape of smoke and blacks. | The black houses have been put into thorough repair. |
| Varnish Works | 4 | Fumes from gum pots allowed to escape into the atmosphere. | Means adopted for condensing same. |
| Fish Curing | 4 | Defective wooden smoke holes. | Defects made good. |
| India Rubber Works. | 1 | Escape of vapours from boiling Apparatus. | The boiling plant has been repaired. |
| Bone Boiling | 1 | Escape of noxious vapours from waste hole. | The roof of the waste hole has been repaired. |
| Tallow Melters | 3 | Vapours from melting pots allowed to escape into the atmosphere | The melting apparatus has been thoroughly overhauled and is now in good repair. |
| Meat Refuse | 1 | Nuisance caused by storing a large quantity of meat refuse | The storing has been discontinued. |
| Manure Works | 2 | Vapours from mixers allowed to escape into the atmosphere | Condensing power iu- creased in one case. In the other the works were closed in consequence of their being establishhed in contravention of the Act of 1891, the Defendants paying the costs. |
C. W. RAYMOND,
Inspector of Nuisances in Manufactories and Workshops.