Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar District - Bow District & Parish of St. Mary Stratford-le-Bow]
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| Date. | No. of families in each House. | No. of Adults. | No. of Children | If recently suffered from Throat illness, state illness. | Result of Drain Test. | Condition of W.C. | Water Supply. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 3 | 4 | 7 | No | Negative | Fair condition | From main. | |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | No | do. | Flushing defective | do. |
| 23 | 2 | 4 | No | Defective under w.c. | do. | do. | |
| 23 | 2 | 4 | 3 | No | Negative | Fair condition | do. |
| 5 | 4 | No | do. | do. | do. | ||
| Feb. 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | No | do. | Flushing defective, soil pan foul | do. |
| 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | No | do. | Fair condition | do. |
| 2 | No | do. | do. | do. | |||
| 23 | 7 | 4 | No | do. | do. | do. | |
| Mar. 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | No | do. | do. | do. |
| 24 | 2 | 4 | 2 | No | do. | do. | do. |
| 24 | 2 | 6 | 2 | No | do. | Pan cracked | do. |
| 27 | No | do. | Fair condition | do. | |||
| 4 | No | do. | do. | do. | |||
| April 6 | No | do. | Ceiling defective and flushing out of order | do. | |||
| 2 | No | do. | do. | do. | |||
| 27 | 2 | 4 | 4 | No | do. | Fair condition | do. |
| May 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | No | do. | Flushing out of order | do. |
| 3 | 6 | 3 | No | do. | do. | do. | |
| 4 | 6 | No | do. | do. | do. | ||
| 25 | 5 | No | do. | do. | do. | ||
| 2 | 5 | 3 | No | do. | do. | do. | |
| 30 | 3 | 5 | 8 | No | do. | Fair condition | do. |
| June 5 | 5 | No | do. | do. | do. | ||
| 2 | No | do. | do. | do. | |||
| 2 | No | do. | do. | do. | |||
| No | do. | ' do. | do. | ||||
| 4 | No | do. | do. | do. | |||
| No | do. | do. | do. | ||||
| July 2 | 3 | No | do. | do. | do. | ||
| 3 | 3 | No | do. | do. | do. | ||
| 2 | 5 | No | do. | do. | do. | ||
| 20 | 2 | 4 | 6 | No | do. | do. | do. |
| 20 | 2 | 6 | 5 | No | Defective | do. | do. |
| 23 | 2 | 4 | 5 | No | Negative | do. | do. |
| Aug 3 | 4 | 4 | No | do. | do. | do. | |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | No | Joint not gas tight | do. | do. | |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | No | Negative | do. | do. | |
| 18 | 2 | 6 | No | do. | do. | do. | |
| 23 | 2 | 2 | No | do. | do. | do. | |
| 3 | 3 | No | do. | do. | do. | ||
| 2 | 4 | No | do. | do. | do. | ||
| Sept. 6 | No | do. | do. | do. |