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Poplar 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of Inspectoe, South Division of Poplar.
Public Health Department,
December 31st, 1911.
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,
1911, viz.:—
The details of which were entered in my journal day by day and reported to the Public Health and Housing Committee month by month.
| Number of Inspections, special, periodical and on complaint of nuisances | 1,318 |
| ,, ,, Inspections re notifications of infectious diseases | 129 |
| ,, ,, Inspections, house-to-house visitations | 87 |
| Total Inspections | 1,534 |
| Re-inspections | 3,865 |
House-to-House Inspections.
House-to-House inspections were carried out as follows:—
The whole of— Sections of—
Deptford Ferry Road. Claude Street.
East Ferry Road.
Gaverick Street,
Crew Street.
Manilla Street.
Glengall Road.
Stewart Street.
Stebondale Street.
Malabar Street.
Of the total premises inspected 977 were found to be in fair