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Poplar 1909

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

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Report of Inspector, South Division of Poplar.
Public Health Department,
December 31st, 1909.
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,
1909, viz.:—

Table: The details of which were entered in my journal day by day and reported to the Public Health and Housing Committee month by month.

The details of which were entered in my journal day by day and reported to the Public Health and Housing Committee month by month.

Inspections, special, periodical and on complaint of nuisances1,276
Inspections re notifications of infectious diseases220
Inspections, house-to-house visitations111
Total Inspections1,607
Re-inspections2,521

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House-to-House Inspections.
House-to-House inspections were carried out as follows:—
The whole of—
Devonshire Terrace.
Griffin Cottages.
Chapel House Street.
Sections of—
East Perry Road.
West Perry Road.
Havannah Street
Barque Street.
Mellish Street.
Glengall Road.
Elizabeth Cottages.