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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Street, Gaselee Street, Hancock Road, High Street (Poplar), Ingelheim
Place, Judkin Street, Libra Road, Latham Street, Manchester
Road, Mansfield Terrace, Milton Road, Park Street, Prince Arthur's
Avenue, Portree Street, Parnell Road, Ranwell Street, Sabbarton
Street, Sherwood Street, Stebondale Street, St. Leonard's Road,
Tidey Street, West Ferry Road, Woolmore Street, Wyke Road.
Tabulated Statement for year ended, December 31st, 1915.
Houses registered 10
Notices served re houses to be registered 10
Declarations for information, sent out 10
„ with ,, returned 10
House-to-House inspections 275
Rooms measured and capacities registered 15
House-to-house visits for registration purposes 10
Cases of overcrowding—
Outstanding as on December 31st, 1914 14
Discovered during 1915 62
— 76
Abated 59
Outstanding, December 31st, 1915 17
Notices served for cleansing to be carried out 208
„ abatement of overcrowding 24
„ under Public Health (London) Act, 1891 14
Pinal notices served for cleansing to be carried out 5
Intimations served—
Under L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1904, re verminous rooms 79
Under Public Health (London) Act, 1891 260
„ Poplar Borough Council Bye-Laws 32
Re overcrowding 34
Notices served under Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909 12
„ „ London County Council Bye-Laws 30
Re-inspections 3,612
Night inspections 36
Rooms stripped and cleansed 501
Yards limewashed 134
Washhouse pavings repaired 31
Watercloset doors 33
Flushing cisterns 32
Areas limewashed 9
Washhouses cleansed 147
Waterclosets „ 134