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Poplar 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar District - Bow District & Parish of St. Mary Stratford-le-Bow]

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Ventilation of W.C.'s improved3
New soil pans provided where broken or unsuitable22
Foul soil pans cleansed27
Yards, areas, and forecourts, paved37
Yards and areas drained3
Nuisances from dampness remedied88
Roofs made watertight108
Eaves guttering of roofs and rainwater pipes repaired106
Water supplies to houses reinstated44
Water services for domestic purposes altered or improved2
Water service fittings repaired14
Public House urinals repaired and cleansed5
Animals improperly kept (removed)2
Accumulations of dung and refuse removed33
Bye-laws enforced3
Other nuisances remedied, chiefly dilapidations156
Overcrowding abated2
Drains tested* by the application of the smoke drain test, of which 14.8 per cent, were proved defective628

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* Primary tests only.
House to House Visitation.
The house to house inspection referred to above comprised
the whole of the houses in the under mentioned roads and streets—
Beale Road.
Candy Street.
Chad Street.
Clark's Place.
Dane Place.
Jodrell Road.
Lamprell Street.
Locton Street.
Milton Road.
Prince Arthur's Avenue.
Ranwell Street.
Ruston Street.
Victoria Cottages.
Wendon Street.
Wright's Road.
and sections of Appian Road and Parnell Road.
New drainage systems, of which plans and particulars were
submitted to the Board for approval, have been laid at the undermentioned
premises:—
Saxon Road, 17, 18. ftont areas only,
Old Ford Road, " Lady Franklin," P.H., entire syste m.
Libra Road, 92, new w.c.
Old Ford Road, 225, new w.c.'s.
Lefevre Road, "The Horns," cellar drain only.
Roman Road, 270, new w,c.