[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough] page 156

Poplar 1907

[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 lst, 1907, to December 31st, 1907.*

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List of Sanitary Works carried out in the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, from January lst, 1907, to December 31st, 1907.*

	Poplar South. Mr. Foad.	West combined. Mr. Johnson.	East combined. Mr. Bullock.	Bromley Central. Mr. Miners.	Bromley North. Mr. Langley.	Bow East. Mr. Field.	Bow West. Mr. Boyce.	Total.
Houses or other premises inspected	1535	1345	1705	1450	1405	1272	1562	10274
Walls and ceilings of premises cleansed throughout	7	47	48	5	14	6	26	153
Do. do. do. partially	235	295	321	175	125	98	148	1397
Roofs repaired and made watertight	183	52	102	118	65	71	78	669
Eaves gutters and rain-water pipes repaired	71	76	123	74	137	100	90	671
Dampness of walls remedied	80	51	87	270	32	58	49	627
Baths, sinks and lavatory waste pipes repaired, trapped or disconnected from drains	..	34	12	20	1	9	13	89
Rain-water pipes disconnected from drains	8	40	13	5	3	5	4	78
Cisterns cleansed and covered	15	5	160	30	0	2	..	212
Water service altered so as to draw direct from main	14	7	10	37	1	2	..	71
Water supplies reinstated where cut off through defective fittings	16	39	30	16	16	7	8	132
Defective water fittings repaired (causing nuisance from dampness)	18	27	29	84	13	7	4	182
Drains tested with smoke (primary tests)	529	129	174	256	327	268	284	1967
Drains found defective	61	105	89	42	34	57	51	439
Drains opened and cleansed	128	136	72	125	92	53	69	675
Inlets to drains trapped with stoneware gullies	9	68	55	31	2	1	5	171
Drains reconstructed, repaired or amended	133	158	77	100	48	57	85	658
Soil pans provided with sufficient water supply or supply reinstated.	70	56	83	69	48	30	61	417
Foul soil pans cleansed	11	55	92	65	15	35	14	287
Soil pans properly trapped	2	9	46	11	..	1	3	72
New soil pans provided	59	37	48	55	37	31	22	289
Water closets newly constructed or better situated	18	7	3	6	1	2	..	37
Water closets' ventilation improved	18	12	28	4	5	2	3	72
Yards, forecourts, areas and washhouses paved	80	93	206	81	76	6	55	597
Do. do. do. do. drained	80	110	125	101	9	46	4	475
Inundations abated	4	12	8	42	1	2	..	69
Overcrowdings abated†	2	9	10	5	1	9	5	41
Nuisances from improper keeping of animals abated		4	6	7	2	2	..	21
Dung receptacles provided or repaired	9	3	11	13	..	..	..	36
Accumulations of dung and other refuse removed	9	25	39	52	14	7	16	162
Public-house urinals cleansed or repaired	3	23	19	5	14	1	3	68
Other nuisances abated, consisting principally of dilapidations and want of under floor ventilation	354	115	372	251	152	205	133	1582
Breaches of L.C.C. Bye-laws abated	8	38	13	59	3	91	5	217
Intimations served	527	447	731	589	407	453	521	3675
Statutory notices served	179	179	386	207	349	133	310	1743
Final notices served	27	14	39	23	48	22	27	200
Summonses applied for	..	5	12	..	..	10	1	28
Reinspections made	3327	3305	4180	3748	2951	2448	2406	22365
In respect of verminous rooms the number cleansed whether in conjunction with, or separate from other defects	2	29	10	15	30	23	8	117
* This list does not include work carried out by the Inspector of Houses Let in Lodgings nor by the Lady Inspector (pages 216-218). †See page 157 under heading of "Overcrowding."