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Report of Inspector, West Combined Division.
Public Health Department,
31st December, 1910.
To the Medical Officer of Health.
Sir—
I beg to lay before you my tenth Annual Report of the sanitary
work and other duties carried out under the different Acts in connection
therewith in the West Combined District during the past year, rendering
as far as possible a detailed account of nuisances abated, inspections
made, summonses applied for, etc.
Inspection of Division.
In investigating complaints and making inspections of all kinds 1271
houses or other premises have been visited, 206 of these visits being on
account of notifications of infectious diseases. In addition to these, 99
cases of pulmonary tuberculosis have been notified, and where possible,
visited and dealt with as required under the regulations.
This number shows a decrease of 43 upon those of the previous
year. Of the 206 cases 3 were notified from the Poplar and Stepney
Sick Asylum, 2 from Langley House Receiving Home and 6 from the
Poplar Union.
House to House Inspections.
These visits to the number of 186 were carried out in the undermentioned
localities, many of the drains one way or another proving
unsound on being tested:—
Annabel Street. Ellerthorpe Street.
Barchester Street. Giraud Street.
Bath Cottages. Goodliffe Street.
Bickmore Street. Goodliffe Place.
Broomfield Street. Guildford Road.
Bygrove Street. Milton Place.
Dolphin Lane. Morris Road.
Ebenezer Place. Oriental Terrace.