[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough] page 196

Poplar 1911

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

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Table: List of Sanitary Works carried out is he Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, from January 1st, 1911, to December 31st, 1911.*

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List of Sanitary Works carried out is he Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, from January 1st, 1911, to December 31st, 1911.*

	Poplar South. Mr. Foa1.	West combined. Mr. Jolmson.	East combined. Mr. Bullock.	Bromlley Central. Mr. Miners.	Bromley North. Mr. Lmijrley.	Bow East. Mr. Field.	Bote West. Mr. Boyce.	Total.
Houses or other premises inspected..	1534	1284	1843	1292	1569	1540	1563	10625
Walls and ceilings of premises cleansed throughout	8	13	24	23	17	16	7	108
Do. do. do. partially	180	166	294	173	70	58	155	1096
Boots repaired and made watertight	148	44	142	85	65	95	105	684
Eaves gutters and rain-water pipes repaired	96	68	91	116	109	74	39	593
Dampness of walls remedied	87	41	95	234	24	31	35	547
Baths, sinks and lavatory waste pipes repaired, trapped or disconnected from drains	15	20	47	3	..	6	..	91
Rain-water pipes disconnected from drains	..	6	5	2	3	2	..	18
Cisterns cleansed and covered	i	1	111	5	..	4	1	123
Water service altered so as to draw direct from main	1	..	42	5	..	4	1	53
Water supplies reinstated where cut off through defective fittings	11	20	20	3	8	7	11	8O
Defective water fittings repaired (causing nuisance from dampness)	11	19	27	54	19	8	3	141
Drains tested with smoke (primary tests)	386	111	134	98	114	121	125	1089
Drains found defective	66	45	32	22	69	28	42	304
Drains opened and cleansed	181	63	85	186	147	47	91	800
Inlets to drains trapped with stoneware gullies	9	26	38	17	..	5	3	98
Drains reconstructed, repaired or amended	80	84	32	186	92	28	70	572
Soil pans provided with sufficient water supply or supply reinstated	54	32	66	66	34	14	39	305
Foul soil pans cleansed	15	34	50	43	19	14	13	188
Soil pans properly trapped	11	25	22	11	23	..	2	94
New soil pans provided	79	34	33	15	92	14	28	295
Water closets newly constructed or better situated	9	11	3	I	3	3	5	35
Water closets' ventilation improved	1	5	41	2	1	3	5	58
Yards, forecourts, areas and washhouses paved	56	88	121	42	58	9	35	409
Do. do. do. do. drained	56	65	84	68	58	17	3	351
Inundations abated	3	14	9	13	..	1		40
Overcrowdings abated†	5	13	13	11	..	4	1	47
Nuisances from improper keeping of animals abated	..	3	6	7	..	2	..	18
Dung receptacles provided or repaired	..	5	6	5	..	2	7	25
Accumulations of dung and other refuse removed	11	26	43	40	30	10	23	183
Public-house urinals cleansed or repaired	1	7	21	3	15	5	2	54
Other nuisances abated, consisting principally of dilapidations and want of underfloor ventilation	405	135	417	242	100	150	108	1557
Breaches of L.C.C. Bye-laws abated	4	12	40	51	..	74	7	188
Intimations served	459	318	626	401	418	426	480	3128
Statutory notices served	118	107	231	181	318	82	222	1259
Pinal notices served	21	11	32	35	79		10	188
Summonses applied for	..	2	33	..	..	4	..	39
Reinspections made	3365	2780	3479	3738	2427	2156	1458	19903
In respect of verminous rooms the number cleansed whether in conjunction with, or separate
from other defects	12	20	32	5	30	19	19	136

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* This list does not include work carried out by the Inspector of Houses Let in Lodgings nor by the Lady Inspector (pages 261,259and 260).
† See page 197 under heading of "Overcrowding."

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Poplar 1911

Table: List of Sanitary Works carried out is he Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, from January 1st, 1911, to December 31st, 1911.*

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