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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| Nature of Nuisance. | Number of Notices served. | Cause of Nuisance. | How Remedied. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke Nuisance | 48 | Burning of inferior fuel, and defective apparatus. | Better class of fuel used and in six cases smoke consumers have been fitted. In one case a prohibition order" was made by the Magistrate, and £2 4s. allowed as costs. In a second instance £10 penalty was inflicted with £3 3s. costs. |
| Tar Works | 4 | Defective condensing apparatus. | The condensers have been put into thorough repair. |
| Varnish Works | 6 | Vapours from varnish pots allowed to escape into the atmosphere. | Apparatus fixed for dealing with the vapours. |
| Cocoa Nut oil works | 3 | Nuisance caused by burning damaged cocoa nuts. | A summons was issued with the result that the Magistrate inflicted a fine of £10 and allowed £3 3s. costs. The material is now carted away to a rubbish shoot. In a second instance the summons was adjourned sine die, £4 4s. costs. |
| Defective sanitary arrangements | 6 | Drains defective. | Defects made good. |
| Fish Skin Drying | 4 | Nuisance caused by drying skate skins | Nuisance abated. |
| Insanitary Laundries | 4 | Defective drains and paving. | Defects made good. |
| Drying refuse | 2 | Nuisance caused by drying Argol refuse. | Kilns have been repaired. |
| Workrooms | 4 | Walls and ceilings dirty and dilapidated. | The workrooms have been thoroughly cleansed. |
| Sulphhate of Ammonia Works | 2 | Escape of Sulphuretted Hydrogen from condensor | The apparatus has been repaired. |
| India Rubber Works. | 2 | Nuisance caused by boiling damaged India rubber. | Means adopted for dealing with the vapours. |