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Poplar 1903

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

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Public Health Department,
December 31st, 1903.
To the Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,—
I beg to lay before you my eleventh Annual Report of the
sanitary work carried out in my district (Bromley North Division)
during the year 1903.
1348 premises have been inspected, 778 in response to complaints
of nuisances, 114 on account of notification of infectious diseases,
the remaining 456 being house-to-house inspection. Of the above
inspections made, sanitary improvements were found to be necessary
in 776 instances; this has caused the service of 776 in'imations,
578 statutory, and 219 final notices, in accordance with the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891.
I have made house-to-house inspection of the whole of the
following streets:—
Ireton Street. Hinks Place.
River Street. Quickett Street.
and sections of the under-mentioned streets:—
Hawgood Street. Imperial Street.
Furze Street. Norris Road.
Box Street. Ireton Street.
Grace Street. Fern Street.
Eastwood Street. Mornington Road.
Arnold Road. Leigh Cottages.
I have also inspected 60 canal boats, all of which were found
satisfactory.
New drainage systems, of which plans and particulars were submitted
to the Council for approval, have been laid at the undermentioned
premises:—
Grace Street, Berger's Starch Works, new addition.