[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough] page 159

Poplar 1905

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

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Table: List of Sanitary Works carried out in the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, from the 1st January, 1905, to 31st December, 1905.

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List of Sanitary Works carried out in the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, from the 1st January, 1905, to 31st December, 1905.

	Poplar South. Mr. Foad.	West combined Mr. Johnson	East . comb'nd Mr. Bullock	Bromley Central Mr. Miners	Bromley North. Mr. Langley	Bow East. Mr. Field.	Bow West. Mr. Boyce.	Total.
Houses or other premises inspected	1548	1407	1642	1525	1566	1400	1494	10582
Walls and ceilings of premises cleansed throughout	16	14	53	15	150	9	22	279
Do. do. do. partially	199	197	189	138	140	83	169	1115
Roofs repaired and made water-tight	208	45	79	90	50	63	113	648
Eaves gutters and rain-water pipes repaired	81	105	120	21	90	69	71	557
Dampness of walls remedied	79	45	37	133	25	53	36	408
Bath,sinks and lavatory waste pipes repaired, trapped or disconnected from drains..	2	88	41	21	. .	6	15	173
Rain-water pipes disconnected from drains	2	24	10	19	15		4	74
Cisterns cleansed and covered		15	7	33	4	4	6	78
Water service altered so as to draw direct from main	3	7	23	20	4	4	6	67
Water supplies reinstated where cut off through defective fittings	. .	51	47	27	29	13	6	173
Defective water fittings repaired (causing nuisance from dampness)	42	7	24	90	11	27	6	207
Drains tested with smoke (primary tests)	350	179	236	287	111	292	345	1800
Drains found defective	89	139	121	95	164	69	83	760
Drains opened and cleansed	167	42	61	128	103	56	75	632
Inlets to drains trapped with stoneware gullies	14	90	45	35	50	2	9	245
Drains reconstructed, repaired or amended	51	175	118	199	50	69	83	749
Soil pans provided with sufficient water supply or supply reinstated..	68	65	70	65	45	32	49	394
Foul soil pans cleansed	14	54	69	59	46	36	23	301
Soil pans properly trapped	6	16	54	5	3	. .	2	86
New soil pans provided	27	43	60	150	35	21	21	357
Water closets newly constructed or better situated	. .	12	1	1	. .	. .	. .	14
Water elosets' ventilation improved	1	14	9	1	5	. .	. .	30
Yards, forecourts, areas and washhouses paved	87	103	127	94	48	4	68	531
Do. do. do. do. drained	14	92	98	35	18	57	4	318
Inundations abated	6	13	3	4	2	. .	. .	28
Overcrowdings abated	3	11	10	7	. .	14	2	47
Nuisances from improper keeping of animals abated	. .	5	18	5	. .	2	. .	30
Dung receplæles provided or repaired	2	4	16	9	4	1	15	51
Accumulations of dung and other refuse removed	12	10	41	50	20	12	22	167
Public-house urinals cleansed or repaired	3	9	15	7	12	1	2	49
Other nuisances abated, consisting principally of dilapidations and want of under-floor ventilation	320	76	342	222	166	198	145	1469
Breaches of L.C.C. Bye-laws abated	12	5	14	51	9	101	15	207
Intimations served	572	455	703	661	444	468	589	3892
Statutory notices served	251	156	351	307	449	147	364	2025
Final notices served	59	22	41	45	164	47	60	438
Summonses applied for	2	13	5	. .	11	4	4	39
Reinspections made	4273	3749	4671	4238	3439	1939	2595	24904