Annual report, year 1899, on the sanitary condition with vital statistics of the parishes of Poplar and Bromley within the Poplar District page 56

Poplar 1899

Annual report, year 1899, on the sanitary condition with vital statistics of the parishes of Poplar and Bromley within the Poplar District

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Table: List of Sanitary Works carried out in the Parishes of Poplar and Bromley, from the 1st January, 1899, to 31st December, 1899.

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List of Sanitary Works carried out in the Parishes of Poplar and Bromley, from the 1st January, 1899, to 31st December, 1899.

	Poplar.		Bromley.		Total.
	Mr. Bullock	Mr. Toad	Mr. Anthony	Mr. Miners	Total.
Houses or other premises inspected	1710	1556	1639	1606	6511
Walls and ceilings of Premises cleansed throughout	85	8	45	4	142
Do. do. do. partially	241	107	324	100	772
Roofs repaired and made water-tight	165	233	154	110	662
Eaves gutters and rain-water pipes repaired	241	59	251	183	734
Dampness of walls remedied	75	74	114	175	438
Bath, sinks and lavatory waste pipes repaired trapped or disconnected from drains	68	3	5	15	91
Rain-water pipes disconnected from drains	28	12	42	22	104
Cisterns cleansed and covered	20	12	6	19	57
Water service altered so as to draw direct from main	12	10	4	25	51
Water supplies reinstated where cut off through defective fittings	77	28	43	29	177
Defective water fittings repaired (causing nuisance from dampness)	83	25	32	103	243
Drains tested with smoke (primary tests)	632	708	720	498	2558
Drains found defective	433	204	334	375	1346
Drains opened and cleansed	304	203	233	217	957
Inlets to drains trapped with stoneware gullies	77	13	30	124	244
Drains reconstructed, repaired or amended	478	413	485	320	1696
Soil pans provided with sufficient water supply or supply reinstated	78	64	115	104	361
Foul soil pans cleansed	53	9	25	104	191
Soil pans properly trapped	38	4	6	5	53
New soil pans provided	58	310	89	267	724
Water closets newly constructed or better situated	21	1	13	36	71
Water closets' ventilation improved	78	2	8	42	130
Yards, forecourts, areas and washhouses paved	349	93	224	174	840
Do. do. do. do. drained	137	2	18	91	248
Inundations abated	2	10	0	12	24 34
Overcrowdings abated	13	7	4	10	24 34
Nuisances from improper keeping of animals abated	6	8	2	5	21
Dung receptacles provided or repaired	7	3	4	10	24
Accumulations of dung and other refuse removed	111	43	57	62	273
Public-house urinals cleansed or repaired	32	7	7	0	46
Other nuisances abated, consisting principally of dilapidations and want of underfloor ventilation	266	337	471	350	1424
Breaches of L.C.C. Bye-laws abated	18	15	19	65	117
Intimations served	1021	822	1140	902	3885
Statutory notices served	510	300	451	240	1501
Final notices served	83	77	123	60	343
Summonses applied for	7	17	3	5	32
Reinspections made	5376	4314	4522	5242	19454