[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough] page 181

Poplar 1908

[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 Popular, from January 1st, 1908, to December 31st, 1908.*

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List of Sanitary Works carried out in the Metropolitan Borough of Popular, from January 1st, 1908, to December 31st, 1908.*

	Poplar South. Mr. Foad.	West combined. Mr. Johnson	East combined. Mr. Bollock.	Bromley Central. Mr. Miners.	Bromley North. Mr. Langley.	Bow East. Mr. Field.	Bow West. Mr. Boyee.	Total.
Houses or other premises inspected.	1471	1328	1587	1468	1602	1393	1658	10507
Walls and ceilings of premises cleansed throughout	10	14	21	13	14	9	6	87
Do. do. do. partially	235	198	245	160	137	150	157	1282
Roofs repaired and made watertight	195	50	93	99	110	81	119	747
Eaves gutters and rain-water pipes repaired	67	72	106	126	138	96	61	666
Dampness of walls remedied	63	14	90	267	44	64	62	604
Baths, sinks and lavatory waste pipes repaired, trapped or disconnected from drains	39	22	11	15	..	20	6	113
Rain-water pipes disconnected from drains	3	24	5	18	4	1	1	56
Cisterns cleansed and covered	9	2	116	27	..	2	2	158
Water service altered so as to draw direct from main	6	3	5	15	1	..	2	32
Water supplies reinstated where cut off through defective fittings	13	26	10	10	18	8	9	94
Defective water fittings repaired (causing nuisance from dampness)	17	7	33	69	9	8	12	155
Drains tested with smoke (primary tests)	523	162	184	265	295	244	252	1925
Drains found defective	56	128	107	32	89	39	34	485
Drains opened and cleansed	144	89	78	167	158	79	91	806
colets to drains trapped with stoneware gullies	13	73	29	33	1	3	7	159
Drains reconstructed, repaired or amended	83	128	107	55	130	39	61	603
Soil pans provided with sufficient water supply or supply reinstated	69	48	69	63	61	23	56	389
Foul soil pans cleansed	9	43	58	52	43	60	12	277
Soil pans properly trapped	3	7	42	15	..	3	3	73
New soil pans provided	13	32	51	66	120	19	19	320
Water closets newly constructed or better situated	32	3	4	4	1	..	3	47
Water closets' ventilation improved	4	5	62	6	1	1	2	81
Yards, forecourts, areas and washhouses paved	83	103	159	85	63	6	55	554
Do. do. do. do. drained	8	99	97	99	32	73	4	412
Inundations abated	3	19	9	19	1	3	..	54
Overcrowdings abated †	1	10	4	7	1	6	4	33
Nuisances from improper keeping of animals abated	10	4	3	10	5	2	4	38
Dung receptacles provided or repaired		6	9	3	2	2	6	28
Accumulations of dung and other refuse removed	10	26	42	35	18	13	19	163
Public-house urinals cleansed or repaired	3	13	16	15	6	1	1	55
Other nuisanccs abated, consisting principally of dilapidations and want of underfloor ventilation	306	161	449	272	250	338	141	1917
Breaches of L.C.C. Bye-laws abated	6	6	9	53	6	199	6	285
Intimations served	534	340	666	570	520	487	543	3660
Statutory notices served	119	160	274	260	347	154	264	1578
Final notices served	22	13	13	26	67	5	6	152
Summonses applied for	3	11	15	1	2	5	2	39
Reinspections made	3390	3189	4084	3561	2904	1978	1947	21053
N In respect of verminous rooms the number cleansed whether in conjunction with, or separate from other defects	2	24	12	15	50	23	15	141
• This list does not include work carried out by the Inspector of Houses Let in Lodgings nor by the Lady Inspector (pages 244-246). † See page 182 under heading of "Overcrowding."