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Poplar 1903

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

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Drainage work, in part, has also been carried out at the premises
stated below, viz.: —
7, Arcadia Street.
Barchester Street (Smart's Chemical Works).
Bath Cottages (Surface drainage).
34, 39, 177a, 8, Chrisp Street.
14, Brabazon Street.
68, 69, 149, 54, East India Road.
43. 49, Emmett Street.
15, 16, 17, Ellerthorpe Street.
Giraud Street (Mission Hall).
105, Grundy Street.
65, Gough Street.
1, 2, 7, Grove Villas.
45, High Street.
St. Matthias Church.
3, Pennyfields.
32, 14, Stainsby Road.
" Blue Posts," public house, West India Road.
16, Latham Street.
2, Lion Street.
27, Sabbarton Street.
22, Sophia Street.
31, 33, Sturry Street.
Phoebe Court, surface drain.
Upper North Street, Guardian's Offices.
Coffee Shops and Eating Houses.
Acting on instructions from the Committee, special inspections
were made of the whole of the coffee shops and eating houses in the
district, numbering 26. Some of these had previously been inspected
by me and various improvements carried out, in the shape
of improved skylights and better ventilation of cooking places.
Of the others some were found to be in a more or less unsatisfactory
state, and where sanitary defects as to drainage were