Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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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Woodstock Street Stables, 3, 7, 26.
Wells Street, 33.
Woolmore Street, 6, 34, 46.
Warrington Place, 7, 9, 3.
Wade's Place 12, 14.
The shops, stalls and food stores in my district have been regularly
inspected with a view to detecting unwholesome food, and in a
number of cases parce's of fish, meat, fruit, &c., have been destroyed
and the vendors cautioned.
In pursuance of the Committee's and Board's orders of authorization,
5 summonses were taken out against the owners of the undermentioned
premises for neglecting to comply with the Board's notices,
results appended:—
No. 24, Rook Street, defective drain in connection with 23
Rook Street, owner agreed to an abatement order, for the
work to be done within 14 days with 4s. costs.
Arcadia Street, 51, no water supply for domestic and sanitary
purposes, owner had put on the water before the summons
was heard, paid 2s. (cost of summons).
Rook Street, 43, 44, no water supply for domestic and sanitary
purposes, adjourned for a week, for work to be completed,
which was done, paid costs of summons, 4s.
Grundy Street, 69, defective drain, abatement order granted, the
work to be completed within 14 days with 23s. costs.
Forty-seven samples of food had been procured and submitted to
the Public Analyst for analysis, 3 were found to be adulterated and
legal proceedings instituted.
The nature of articles, extent of adulteration and result of prosecutions
beine as follows:—