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Poplar 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Bromley, South District comprising the parishes of All Saints Poplar and Bromley Saint Leonard]
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Periodical inspections have been made of the premises where milk
is sold, and in no instance have the utensils been found to be other
than clean.
The slaughterhouses and cowhouses have been inspected, and
where necessary works were executed, and cleansing, &c. carried out.
The licensed slaughterhouses number 5.
„ „ cowhouses „ 3.
In every case where new w.c. soil pans and traps have been found
to be fixed without giving notices in writing to the Clerk of the Board
(Infringement of London County Councils Bye-laws), letters were
sent to the respective owners ordering them to expose the joints
under the pans and traps. This in each case was done, the drain
tested with either smoke or chemical test, and in very few instances
was the work proved to be defective.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
JAMES BULLOCK,
Sanitary Inspector,
Poplar, North Division.