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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Poplar 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Bye-laws enforced | 134 |
| Overcrowding abated | 2 |
| Other nuisances remedied, chiefly dilapidations | 241 |
| Drains tested by the application of the smoke drain test, | |
| which 17.8 per cent. were proved defective | 526 |
| Cisterns cleaned and covered | 1 |
| Inundations | 71 |
| Nuisances from improper keeping of animals | 6 |
| Dung receptacles provided or repaired | 2 |
| Water closets newly constructed | 34 |
New drainage systems of which plans and particulars were
submitted for approval and duly authorised, have been laid at the
undermentioned premises:—
123, Bow Road (new w.c. connection).
Falcon Brewery, Payne Road (new w.c. connection).
Messrs. Caslon's, Rothbury Road (additions).
51, Malmesbury Road (addition).
171, Bow Road (new w.c. connection).
Messrs. Watts, Kelday Road (extension of w.c.s).
Coborn Lodge, Coborn Street (entire system).
Messrs. Serres, White Post Lane (extension of w.c.'s and connections).
Harley House, Bow Road (part reconstruction).
New Mission Hall. Old Ford Road (new drainage connection).
Messrs. Serres, White Post Lane (new connections boiler
house).
11, Landseer Road (new additions).
251, Bow Road (new additions).
Messrs. Cook's Soap Works (entire system to new addition).
6 and 8, Caxton Street (new additions).
171, Bow Road (new w.c.)
461, 463, 465, 467, 469, 471, 473, 475, 477, 479, 481, 483,
Old Ford Road (entire systems).
221, Bow Road (new w.c. and lavatories)
Pharos Works, Davey Road (new connections).
2, 4, and 6, Alfred Street (entire systems).
Bow Brewery, Bow Road (new w.c. connections and additions).
227, Bow Road (new w.c. connections)
85, 87, Bow Road (reconstructed throughout).