[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough] page 133

Poplar 1903

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

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The details and nature of Sanitary Works executed in the Bow West Division during the year are as follows:—

Walls and ceilings of houses cleaned	throughout	37
	partially	126
Drains opened and cleansed		88
Defective drains repaired		66
Inlets to drains properly trapped		7
Sink waste-pipes properly disconnected from drains		1
Rain-water pipes do. do.		2
Water-closets re-constructed		7
Water laid on to soil pans of W.C.'s		60
Ventilation of W.C.'s improved		2
New soil pans provided where broken or unsuitable		21
Foul soil pans cleansed		15
Yards, areas, and forecourts paved		65
Yards and areas drained		4
Nuisances from dampness remedied		56
Roofs made watertight		189
Eaves guttering of roofs and rainwater pipes repaired		132
Water supplies to houses reinstated		31
Water services for domestic purposes altered or improved		0
Water service fittings repaired		13
Public house urinals repaired and cleansed		3
Animals improperly kept (removed)		0
Accumulations of dung and refuse removed		32
Rye-laws enforced		5
Other nuisances remedied, chiefly dilapidations		140
Overcrowding abated		2
Drains tested* by the application of the smoke drain test, of which 16.6 per cent, were proved defective		396

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* Primary tests only.