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Report of Inspector, South Division of Poplar.
Public Health Department,
December 31st, 1907
To the Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,—
I beg to present my Annual Summary of the sanitary work
executed in the South Division of Poplar for the year ended 31st
December, 1907, viz.:—
Inspections, special, periodical and on complaint of
nuisances 1,163
Inspections, notifications of infectious diseases 249
Inspections, house-to-house visitation 123
Total inspections l,535
Ee-inspections 3,327
House-to-House Inspections.
House-to-House inspections have been carried out as follows:—
The whole of—
Parsonage Street.
Sections of—
Manchester Road. Havannah Street.
Seyssell Street. Mellish Street.
West Ferry Road. Claude Street.
Alpha Road. Cahir Street.
Manilla Street.
Of the total premises inspected 879 were found to be in air
condition; 43 per cent. required various works of sanitary improvement,
which necessitated the service of 527 written intimations, 179 statutory
notices, and 27 final notices.
51 drains were proved defective by the smoke and chemical tests, and
in 316 instances the application of tests revealed no defects.