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To the Medical Officer of Health,
December 31 st, 1900.
I beg to submit to you my Annual Report of the sanitary
work executed in the south division of Poplar for the year ended 31st
December 1900.
House-to-house inspections were carried out as follows :—
The whole of Totnes Cottages. Sections of West Ferry Road.
„ Laura Cottages. „ Alpha Road.
„ Wiltshire Villas. „ Manchester Road.
„ Judkins Street. ,, Maria Street.
„ Strafford Street.
„ Malabar Street.
„ Manilla Street.
„ Stebondale Street.
„ Tooke Street.
,, Marshfield Street.
„ Johnson Street.
In addition to the above, 938 complaints of nuisances and 341
notifications of infectious diseases have been received, and dealt with
making a total of 1,633 primary inspections, while 4145 reinspections
were made during the year. Of the total of primary inspections,
551 premises were found to be in a fair condition, and 66 per
cent, required various works of sanitary improvements.
191 drains were proved defective by the smoke or chemical tests,
and in 866 instances the applications of these tests revealed no
defects.
During the year the drains of the under-mentioned premises were
reconstructed on the old lines as follows:—