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, Metropolitan Borough]
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Rowlett Street, 13.
St. Leonard's Road, 26, 28.
Shirbutt Street, 10, 19, 21.
Sturry Street, 3,
Susannah Street, 7, 31.
Suffolk Street, 9.
Sussex Street, 62.
Swale Street, 15.
Tetley Street, 14, 48, 82.
Upper North Street, 57.
Wells Street, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 46, 50, 51, 52, 53.
Woolmore Street, 12, 14, 23, 36, 38.
New pans and traps have been refitted at the following tenements:
Grosvenor Buildings, 28, 33, 40, 47, 107, 146, 175, 176, 198,
208, 244, 286, 304, 312, 328, 342, 353, 361, 362, 419, 475
493, 506, 542.
The shops and stalls in my district have been regularly inspected
with a view to detecting unsound and unwholesome food, and in
many cases quantities of fish, fruit, meat, &c., have been destroyed
with the consent of the vendors. In several instances during my
rounds I have caused parcels of fruit and fish to be destroyed, which
were being offered for sale by itinerant vendors who were cautioned.
Under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, Police Court proceedings
have been instituted against the owners of the undermentioned
premises for disobeying the authority of the Council with
the following result:—
56 Cotton Street, defective drain; 7 days abatement order, £1 7s.
costs,
51 samples of food have been procured and submitted to the Public
Analyst for analysis; 4 were found to be adulterated, and legal