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Poplar 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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It was reported to the Committee that the proposed amended
by-laws are necessary to enable nuisances arising from offensive
businesses to be adequately dealt with, and the Committee recommended
the Council to approve the draft amended by-laws.
The premises where offensive trades may be carried on within the Borough of Poplar are:—
| Yard attached to 39, White Post Lane 277, Roman Road | Tripe Boilers. |
| East London Soap Works | Soap Boilers. |
| 241, Old Ford Road | |
| 37, White Post Lane | Fat Melters. |
| 112, White Post Lane | |
| 31, White Post Lane | Fat and Bone |
| Webbs, Yeo Street | |
| Wickens, Pease & Co., Glaucus Street | Boilers. |
Complaints were received respecting the obnoxious smells arising
from the Sheppy Glue and Chemical Works, White Post Lane. The
Company was communicated with and a very much larger fan was
fixed to extract the fumes from the boiling house and drive them
through the furnaces. No further complaints were received after
this alteration. The Company was also informed that the tubs for
collecting fat should be abolished, as the wood had become infiltrated,
and properly covered iron receptacles ought to be substituted.
Iron receptacles were obtained.
REMOVAL OF OFFENSIVE TRADE AND OTHER
REFUSE.
Suggested Amendment of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891.
In a circular letter dated 27th February, 1903, the London
County Council pointed out that no provision exists which suggests
that the Sanitary Authority shall systematically collect trade refuse,
but they must remove any particular accumulation on the requisition
of the owner at his expense.