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Poplar 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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102
Water service fittings repaired 6
Water services for domestic purposes altered or repaired 4
Ventilation of W.C.'s improved 3
Nuisances from dampness abated 60
Accumulations of dung and refuse removed 30
Public house urinals cleansed and repaired 10
Bye-laws enforced 87
Overcrowding abated 4
Other nuisances remedied, chiefly dilapidations 174
Drains tested by the application of the smoke drain test, of
which 23 per cent. were proved defective 438
Cisterns cleaned and covered 4
Inundations —
Nuisances from the improper keeping of anima's 2
Dung receptacles provided or repaired 2
Water closets newly constructed 25
DRAINAGE CONSTRUCTIONS AND
RECONSTRUCTIONS.
New drainage systems, of which plans and particulars were submitted
for approval and duly authorised, have been laid at the
undermentioned premises:—
Fairfield Works, Fairfield Road, new W.C. connection.
Messrs. Broadwood, Beachy Road, new factory drained throughout.
Messrs. Muir and Weir, Old Ford Road, new main drain.
Messrs. Lush and Cook, new system to addition.
"Blue Anchor" p.h., High Street, new W.C. and connection.
12, 14, and 10, Coborn Road, drained throughout.
Clarence Yard, Alfred Street, drained throughout.
Messrs. Watts, Kelday Road, new warehouse drained throughout.
Midland Railway Goods Depot, Old Ford Road, new connection
to sewer for new W.C.'s.
Bow Road, 137, new system throughout.
Messrs. Glickstein, Wansbeck Road, new surface drain.