[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough] page 221

Poplar 1910

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

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Table: List ok Sanitary Works carried out in the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, from January 1st, 1910, to December 31st, 1910.*

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List ok Sanitary Works carried out in the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, from January 1st, 1910, to December 31st, 1910.*

	Poplar South. Mr. Road.	Westcombined. Mr. Johnson	Eastcombined. Mr. Bullock.	Bromley Central. Mr. Miners.	Bromley North. Mr. Langley.	Bow East. Mr. Field.	Bow West. Mr. Boyce.	Total.
Houses or other premises inspected	1433	1271	1702	1470	1355	1203	1606	10040
Walls and ceilings of premises cleansed throughout	18	33	32	12	14	16	6	131
Do. do. do. partially	208	224	299	184	146	77	135	1273
Roofs repaired and made watertight	194	56	119	81	89	64	89	692
Eaves gutters and rain-water pipes repaired	116	66	114	121	102	50	53	622
Dampness of walls remedied	110	58	95	281	41	33	37	655
Baths, sinks and lavatory waste pipes repaired, trapped or disconnected from drains	25	40	16	19	3	3	20	123
Rain-water pipes disconnected from drains	4	14	117	16	3	6	2	162
Cisterns cleansed and covered	5	1	116	21	..	10	..	153
Water service altered so as to draw direct from main	3	..	2	9	..	..	..	14
Water supplies reinstated where cut off through defective fittings	21	23	14	11	16	18	15	118
Defective water fittings repaired (causing nuisance from dampness)	12	13	31	59	10	11	6	142
Drains tested with smoke (primary tests)	377	127	149	190	242	162	161	1408
Drains found defective	46	99	62	30	69	60	56	422
Drains opened and cleansed	145	17	86	131	141	58	88	666
Inlets to drains trapped with stoneware gullies	15	46	56	31	69	5	7	229
Drains reconstructed, repaired or amended	59	112	62	73	115	60	70	551
Soil pans provided with sufficient water supply or supply reinstated	63	19	69	71	53	3	36	314
Foul soil pans cleansed	7	15	42	64	15	28	18	189
Soil pans properly trapped	1	114	29	15	1	2 13	40	162
New soil pans provided	30	112	33	73	26	2 13	40	327
Water closets newly constructed or better situated	4	5	6	9	1		16	41
Water closets' ventilation improved	1	4	45	2	1	1	2	56
Yards, forecourts, areas and washhouses paved	51	115	149	81	50	21	32	499
Do. do. do. do. drained	51	113	97	77	34	21	7	400
Inundations abated	5	7	12	9	2	2	..	37
Overcrowdings abated†	5	12	9	11	3	5	4	49
Nuisances from improper keeping of animals abated	8	2	7	9	1	1	..	28
Dung receptacles provided or repaired	3	3	2	5	..	..	4	17
Accumulations of dung and other refuse removed	8	28	30	49	11	8	20	154
Public-house urinals cleansed or repaired	9	16	33	11	26	1	10	106
Other nuisances abated, consisting principally of dilapidations and want of underfloor ventilation	490	142	476	298	148	134	82	1770
Breaches of L.C.C. Bye-laws abated	3	7	11	68	2	101	4	196
Intimations served	474	436	635	521	394	427	490	3377
Statutory notices served	164	174	291	184	278	99	205	1395
Final notices served	34	19	19	39	72	18	21	212
Summonses applied for	2	8	13	1	1	2		27
Reinspections made	3322	3383	4729	4133	3049	2036	1748	22400
In respect of verminous rooms the number cleansed whether in conjunction with, or separate from other defects	7	25	27	20	40	5	19	143