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77
31st December, 1899.
To the Medical Officer of Health,
Poplar and Bromley.
Sir,
I beg to submit to you my fourth Annual Report of the
sanitary work carried out in my district (Poplar North Division)
during the year ending 1899.
1710 premises have been inspected, 1104 in answer to complaints
of nuisances, 333 on account of notifications of infectious diseases,
the remaining 273 being house to house Inspections.
Out of the above total number of Inspections, the drains of 633
premises have been tested with either smoke or chemical drain
testers and 433 were found to be defective (not gastight) and in 200
instances the tests revealed no defects, 689 premises were found to
be in fair condition.
House to house Inspections have been carried out in the whole of
the following streets, viz.:—
Elizabeth Cottages,
Cottage Street,
Gaselee Street,
Shirbutt Street,
Lea Passage,
Sophia Street,
Providence Cottages,
Buxton Terrace,
Hanbury's Buildings,
Norfolk Street,
Wright's Terrace, Orchard
House,
Landseer Terrace,
Prospect Place,
and sections of the following streets, viz.:—
Arcadia Street,
Annabel Street,
Augusta Street,
Northumberland Street,
Oriental Street,
Park Place and Street,