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Poplar 1904

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

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Table: Number of declarations for information out-standing 21

Number of declarations for information out-standing 21

Number of intimations of houses being placed on registers291
House-to-house inspections709
House-to-house visits, ??? registration purposes515
Re-inspections1,510
Night inspections328
Final notices served26
Notices served for cleansing345
Notices served for overcrowding20
Notices served re animals improperly kept3
Notices served re not supplying information10
Number of rooms stripped and cleansed752
Number of washhouses, areas, rear walls, and W. C.'s, cleansed258
Number of passages, staircases and landings, cleansed95

Table: The registered houses are situated throughout the Borough as follows:—

The registered houses are situated throughout the Borough as follows:—

Bow18
Bromley252
Blackwall16
Cubitt Town61
Millwall45
Old Ford134
Poplar242
768

Table: And the following roads and streets: —

And the following roads and streets: —

Arcadia Street, PoplarCordelia Street, Bromley
Appian Koad, BowCotton Street, Poplar
Bartlett Street, BromleyClifton Street, Poplar
Brunswick Street, BlackwallCharles Terrace, Cubitt Town
Box Street, BromleyDavis Street, Millwall
Beachy Road, Old FordDevons Road, Bromley
Broomfield Street, BromleyDace Road, Bow
British Street, BromleyEastward Street, Bromley
Blackthorn Street, BromleyEast India Road, Poplar
Brabazon Street, BromleyFerry Street, Cubitt Town
Bromley Cottages, BromleyFranklin Street, Bromley
Bickmore Street, PoplarFurze Street, Bromley