[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough] page 231

Poplar 1914

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

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Table: LIST OF SANITARY WORKS CARRIED OUT IN THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPULAR FROM JANUARY 1ST: 1914, TO DECEMBER 31ST, 1914.-

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LIST OF SANITARY WORKS CARRIED OUT IN THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPULAR FROM JANUARY 1ST: 1914, TO DECEMBER 31ST, 1914.-

	Popular South. Mr. Foad		East combined. Mr. Bullock.		West combined. Mr. Johnson.		Bromley Central. Mr. Miners.	Bromley North. Mr. Langley.	Bow East. Mr. Field.	Bow West, Mr. Boyce.	Total.
Houses or other premises inspected	1,500		1,863		1,334		1,293	1,582	1,265	1,650	10,487
Walls and ceilings of premises cleansed throughout	11		35		66		8	50	9	15	194
Do. do. do. partially	214		338		237		117	140	90	193	1,329
Roofs repaired and made watertight	173		108		61		73	145	40	114	714
Eaves gutters and rain-water pipes repaired	109		103		55		88	150	30	35	570
Dampness of walls remedied	128		82		34		232	46	33	46	601
Baths, sinks and lavatory waste pipes repaired, trapped or disconnected from drains	37		29		11		5	37	—	18	137
Rain-water pipes disconnected from drains		-	—		7		3	2	-	1	13
Cisterns cleansed and covered		2	161		—		5	3	3	1	175
Water service altered so as to draw direct from main		2	8		-		5	4	3	1	23
Water supplies reinstated where cut off through defective fittings		4	-		22		2	30	8	3	69
Defective water fittings repaired (causing nuisance from dampness)		10	44		13		51	20	4	14	156
Drains tested with smoke (primary tests)		362	122		77		48	153	156	199	1117
Drains found defective		40	32		34		8	80	40	51	285
Drains opened and cleansed		72	77		68		53	100	76	54	500
Inlets to drains trapped with stoneware gullies		6	28		25		20	80	—	5	164
Drains reconstructed, repaired or amended		40	32		75		150	100	40	52	489
Soil pans provided with sufficient water supply or supply reinstated		51	75		24		59	76	1	30	316
Foul soil pans cleansed		11	61		25		27	64	10	24	222
Soil pans properly trapped		2	17		12		11	12	-	—	54
New soil pans provided		11	19		18		17	90	10	11	176
Water closets newly constructed or better situated		11	1		5		3		4	9	33
Water closets' ventilation improved		3	34		3		5	—	2	4	51
Yards, forecourts, areas and wash-houses paved		60		153	63		48	82	12	35	453
Do. do. do. do. drained		13		78	64		58	82	18	2	315
Inundations abated		5		9	24		5	2	—	—	45
Overcrowdings abated†		5		14	14		8	8	8	4	61
Nuisances from improper keeping of animals abated		18		15	3		5	—	1	—	42
Dung receptacles provided or repaired		18		3	4		7	3	1	4	40
Accumulations of dung and other refuse removed		18		49		29	38	15	2	6	157
Public-house urinals cleansed or repaired		8		23		3	9	20	1 2	2	67
Other nuisances abated, consisting principally of dilapidations and want of underfloor ventilation		254	! 510			224	200	184	123	142	1,637
Breaches of L.C.C. Bye-laws abated		1		21		25	' 59	7	71	4	188
Intimations served		403		664		463	484	412	446	415	3,287
Statutory notices served		165		246		218	150	272	72	234	1,357
Final notices served		31		19		29	38	182	6	23	328
Summonses applied for		—		8		7	—	-	2	1	18
Reinspections made		3,253		3,739		3,093	2,957	2,775	2,394	1,273	19,484
In respect of verminous rooms the number cleansed whether in conjunction with, or separate from other defects		13		25		25	30	40	15	40	188
* This list dees not include work carried out by the Inspector of Houses Let in Lodgings nor by the Lady Inspector (pages 276 and 274). † See page 232 under heading of "Overcrowding."