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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Poplar 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final notices served for cleansing and overcrowding | 14 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 20 | 15 |
| House-to-house inspections | 251 | 323 | 397 | 306 | 413 | 419 |
| House-to-house visits for registration purposes | 412 | 369 | 329 | 175 | 121 | 116 |
| Re-inspections | 1946 | 2333 | 2339 | 2045 | 2540 | 2377 |
| Night and early morning inspections | — | — | 292 | 206 | 139 | 116 |
| Rooms stripped and cleansed | — | — | 756 | 536 | 558 | 618 |
| Passages stripped and cleansed | — | — | 108 | 54 | 88 | 92 |
| Staircases stripped and cleansed | — | — | 123 | 59 | 62 | 108 |
| Yard walls cleansed | — | — | 247 | 166 | 200 | 204 |
| Wash-houses cleansed | — | — | 261 | 166 | 215 | 188 |
| Water closets cleansed | — | — | 267 | 170 | 207 | 195 |
| Water closet soil pans cleansed | — | — | — | — | — | 35 |
| Areas cleansed | — | — | 37 | 17 | 25 | 28 |
| Rooms rid of vermin | — | — | 95 | 72 | 104 | 73 |
| Notices served under L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1907, Section 78, re water supply in tenement houses | — | — | — | — | 3 | — |
| Notices served under Public Health (London) Act, Sec. 39 | — | — | — | — | — | 35 |
| Notices served under Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, Section 17 | — | — | — | — | — | 12 |
The abatement of overcrowding and making responsible
persons keep premises clean and free from vermin are essentially
among the most important duties of a Sanitary Authority, and
therefore I unhesitatingly suggest for the consideration of the
Committee that another inspector should be appointed to enforce
the by-laws for Houses Let in Lodgings or occupied by members
of more than one family, and that the Borough be split lip into
two divisions, north and south, allowing the Limehouse Cut to be
the dividing line.
The Public Health and Housing Committee were of opinion the
appointment of an additional Inspector of Houses Let in Lodgings was
not then desirable or necessary, and recommended the Council that the
reference to them be discharged.