Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Poplar West East Bromley Bromley Bow Bote
South. combined. combined. Central. North. East. West Total.
Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. i Mr. Mr.
Foad. Johnson. Bullock. Miners. Langley. Field. Bryce.
Houses or other premises inspected 1,449 1,375 1,964 1,348 1,693 | 1,309 1,624 10,762
Walls and ceilings of premises cleansed throughout 3 11 20 35 15 15 23 122
Do do do partially 238 228 279 171 120 73 167 1,276
Roofs repaired and made watertight 159 44 100 64 47 70 66 550
Eaves gutters and rain-water pipes repaired 87 119 114 88 91 78 51 628
Dampness of walls remedied 119 52 85 230 29 48 49 612
Baths, sinks and lavatory waste pipes repaired, trapped or disconnected from drains 52 11 36 13 3 6 12 133
Rain-water pipes disconnected from drains 1 14 16 1 9 ... ... 41
Cisterns cleansed and covered 2 ... 160 5 ... ... 2 169
Water service altered so as to draw direct from main 2 ... 3 7 4 ... ... 16
Water supplies reinstated where cut off through defective fittings 11 32 52 12 17 17 8 149
Defective water fittings repaired (causing nuisance from dampness) 17 17 25 64 11 8 8 150
Drains tested with smoke (primary tests) 289 62 197 58 113 163 109 991
Drains found defective 36 47 68 7 79 82 46 365
Drains opened and cleansed 187 17 63 101 184 113 64 729
Inlets to drains trapped with stoneware gullies 8 27 40 17 1 4 97
Drains reconstructed, repaired or amended 66 56 68 121 79 82 51 523
Soil pans provided with sufficient water supply or supply reinstated 51 38 88 58 49 ... 39 323
Foul soil pans cleansed 3 39 59 44 25 9 10 189
Soil pans properly trapped 1 24 25 4 12 ... ... 66
New soil pans provided 25 19 38 77 80 17 11 267
Water closets newly constructed or better situated 46 27 ... 34 4 2 ... 113
Water closets' ventilation improved 40 4 27 30 8 1 ... 110
Yards, forecourts, areas and washhouses paved 52 68 145 30 57 1 39 392
Do. do. do. do. drained 52 53 91 64 57 27 6 350
Inundations abated 7 4 22 2 1 ... ... 36
Overcrowdings abated†6 7 7 5 10 5 4 44
Nuisances from improper keeping of animals abated 11 2 16 11 ... 1 ... 41
Dung receptacles provided or repaired 5 3 8 9 6 2 6 39
Accumulations of dung and other refuse removed 11 39 47 44 24 11 10 186
Public-house urinals cleansed or repaired 5 5 29 13 16 ... 5 73
Other nuisances abated, consisting principally of dilapidations and want of underfloor ventilation 340 164 461 207 100 158 116 1,546
Breaches of L.C.C. Bye-laws abated 4 3 16 156 1 58 6 244
Intimations served 416 381 631 337 354 442 441 3,002
Statutory notices served 116 148 252 99 251 88 292 1246
Final notices served 30 9 28 19 39 27 152
Summonses applied for 1 1 ... ... ... ... ... 2
Reinspections made 2,533 3,282 3,979 3,520 3,305 2,667 1,336 20,622
In respect of verminous rooms the number cleansed whether in conjunction with, or separate
from other defects 14 19 33 25 20 | 16 | 34 161
* This list does not include work carried out by the Inspector of Houses Let in Lodgings nor by the Lady Inspector (pages 243 and 241).
†See page 190 under heading of " Overcrowding.+"