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December 31 st, 1901.
To the Medical Officer of Health for the Borough of Poplar.
Sir,—
I beg to lay before you my ninth Annual Report of the sanitary
work carried out in my district (Bromley, North Division) during the
year 1901.
1493 premises have been inspected, 745 in response to complaints
of nuisances, 316 on account of notification of infectious diseases, the
remaining being house-to-house inspections. Of the above inspections
made, sanitary improvements were found to be necessary in 840 instances,
this has caused the service of 840 intimations and 357 statutory
notices in accordance with the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
I have also made house-to-house inspection of the whole of the
following streets:—
Gale Street, Tidy Street,
Box Street, Furze Street,
Hawgood Street, Eastward Street,
Stewart's Cottages, Franklin Street,
Eagling Road,
and sections of the under-mentioned streets :—
Blackthorn Street, Donald Street,
Campbell Road, Orwell Road,
Cantrell Road, Three Mill Lane,
Tibbatt's Road, Priscilla Road.
During the year the drains of the undermentioned premises were
re-constructed, intercepted, ventilated and furnished with means of
access, in accordance with the Council's regulations and plans
submitted.