[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough] page 157

Poplar 1906

[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 January 1st, 1906, to December 31st, 1906.*

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List of Sanitary Works carried out in the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, from January 1st, 1906, to December 31st, 1906.*

	Poplar South. Mr. Foad.	West combined. Mr. Johnson.	East combined. Mr. Bullock.	Bromley Central. Mr. Miners.	Bromley North. Mr. Langley.	Bote East. Mr. Field.	Bow West. Mr. Boyce.	Total.
Houses or other premises inspected	1612	1376	1523	1313	1433	1446	1527	10230
Walls and ceilings of premises cleansed throughout	9	18	47	20	27	21	22	164
Do. do. do. partially	188	210	234	119	151	113	..	1015
Roofs repaired and made watertight	276	45	110	81	97	79	150	838
Eaves gutters and rain-water pipes repaired	76	75	87	72	140	82	84	616
Dampness of walls remedied	85	47	50	35	39	59	31	346
Baths, sinks and lavatory waste pipes repaired, trapped or disconnected from drains	12	30	13	15	7	28	..	105
Rain-water pipes disconnected from drains	3	22	2	37	4	..	4	72
Cisterns cleansed and covered	8	4	16	21	..	..	..	49
Water service altered so as to draw direct from main	6	3	11	17	1	..	7	45
Water supplies reinstated where cut off through defective fittings	13	32	42	16	23	46	15	187
Defective water fittings repaired (causing nuisance from dampness)	12	12	15	49	7	7	5	107
Drains tested with smoke (primary tests)	486	144	146	179	166	276	293	1690
Drains found defective	64	104	67	51	182	73	60	601
Drains opened and cleansed	216	89	47	131	95	67	67	712
Inlets to drains trapped with stoneware gullies	15	77	34	17	182	3	6	334
Drains reconstructed, repaired or amended	30	156	76	120	62	73	60	577
Soil pans provided with sufficient water supply or supply reinstated	74	45	65	36	22	26	45	313
Foul soil pans cleansed	11	39	69	52	..	45	20	236
Soil pans properly trapped	2	3	45	13	34	..	..	97
New soil pans provided	40	29	48	97	1	30	26	271
Water closets newly constructed or better situated	6	4	1	2	1	..	6	20
Water closets' ventilation improved	4	7	5	2	40	2	2	62
Yards, forecourts, areas and washhouses paved	79	80	131	54	42	12	49	447
Do. do. do. do. drained	79	83	67	46	1	43	9	328
Inundations abated	1	13	5	5	..	25	..	49
Overcrowdings abated †	1	8	4	7	..	11	3	34
Nuisances from improper keeping of animals abated	1	5	12	5	..	..	..	23
Dung receptacles provided or repaired	8	2	9	15	29	2	11	76
Accumulations of dung and other refuse removed	8	25	52	27	..	23	10	145
Public-house urinals cleansed or repaired	2	18	14	5	..	7	9	55
Other nuisances abated, consisting principally of dilapidations and want of underfloor ventilation	387	91	337	182	218	200	130	1545
Breaches of L.C.C. Bye-laws abated	3	4	24	54	2	132	11	230
Intimations served	544	426	498	415	1060	472	583	3998
Statutory notices served	141	189	257	184	383	103	407	1664
Final notices served	17	28	32	31	100	38	85	331
Summonses applied for	2	9	9	..	10	1	2	33
Reinspections made	3467	3338	4324	3419	3345	2402	2521	22816
In respect of verminous rooms the number cleansed whether in conjunction with, or separate from other defects	8	57	24	12	60	68	67	296

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• This list does not include work carried out by the Inspector of Houses Let in Lodgings nor by the Lady Inspector (pages 218-223).
†See page 158 under heading of "Overcrowding."

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Poplar 1906

Table: List of Sanitary Works carried out in the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, from January 1st, 1906, to December 31st, 1906.*

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