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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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December 31 st, 1899.
To the Medical Officer of Health.
Poplar and Bromley.
Sir,—
I beg to lay before you my Seventh Annual Report of the
sanitary work carried out in my district (Bromley North Division)
during the year 1899.
1,639 premises have been inspected, 952 in response to complaints
of nuisances, 214 on account of notification of infectious diseases, the
remaining 573 being house-to-house inspection. Of the above inspections
made, sanitary improvements were found to be necessary
in 1140 instances, this has caused the service of 1140 intimations,
and 451 statutory notices in accordance with the Public Health
(London) Act 1861.
1 have also made house-to-house inspection of the whole of the
following streets:—
Hinks Place,
Favonia Street,
Sarah Place,
Franklin Street,
Otis Street,
Glaucas Street,
Quickett Street,
Ireton Street,
Hawgood Street,
and sections of the under-mentioned streets:—
Marner Street,
St. Leonard Street,
Swaton Road,
Thomas Street,
Knapp Road,
Archibald Street,
Chiltern Road,
Hancock Road,
Eastward Street,
Whitethorn Street,
Sherwood Street,
Donald Street,
Devas Street,
Arnold Road,
Wellington Road,
Weston Street,
Fern Street,
Blackthorn Street.
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