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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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Public Health Department,
December 31 st, igoo.
To the Medical Officer of Health, Bow District.
Sir,—
I beg to lay before you the Annual Summary of the Sanitary
work and improvements carried out in the liow East Division during
the \ear ending December 31st, 1900.
Inspections have been made as follows :—
| On notifications of infectious diseases | 133 |
| On complaints of nuisances | 533 |
| On house to house visitation | 941 |
| Total | 1607 |
In 758 instances varied Sanitary improvements were necessary, requiring the service of 758 intimations, 271 authorised statutory notices, and the issuing of 3 Police Court summonses, supplemented by 2849 re-inspections to secure proper compliance resulting in the following detailed works being executed :—
| Walls and ceilings of Houses cleaned | throughout | 13 |
| partially | 51 | |
| Yards and areas paved | 0 | |
| Yards and areas drained | 25 | |
| Inlets to drains properly trapped | 2 | |
| 1 lefective drains repaired | 75 | |
| Drains opened and cleansed | 149 | |
| Sink waste pipes properly disconnected from drains | 2 | |
| Rain water do. do. | 4 | |
| Water laid on to soil pans of W.C.'s | 85 | |
| New soil pans provided, where broken or unsuitable | 9 | |
| Foul soil pans cleansed | 52 | |
| Roof, guttering and rainwater pipes repaired | 135 | |
| Roofs made watertight | 153 | |
| Water supplies to houses reinstated | 42 | |
| Water s-ervice fittings repaired | 12 | |
| Water services for domestic purposes altered or repaired | 5 | |
| Ventilation of W.C.'s improved | 0 | |
| Nuisances from dampness abated | 39 | |