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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Report of Inspector, Bromley North Division.
Public Health Offices,
Bow Road, E.
December 31st, 1917.
To the Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,
I beg to submit my thirteenth Annual Report of the sanitary work
executed in the Bromley North Division for the year ended 1917.
The sanitary work executed was as follows:—
1,667 premises have been inspected.
1,052 in response to complaint of nuisances.
615 on account of notified infectious diseases.
Drainage Reconstruction.
Tidey Street, 38; Reeves Road, 37 to 53; Bow Common Lane, 18;
" Lord Campbell," Campbell Road.
Drains Partially Reconstructed.
Bow Road, 90 and 92; British Street, 35; Bow Common Lane, 18;
Blackthorn Street, 32; Campbell Road, 93 and 144; Caspian Wharf,
Devons Road, 8, 14, 12, 10, 210; " Duke of Edinburgh," Glaucus
Street, 56; High Street, 54; Sherwood Street, 55; 'Tenterden Arms,"
Wellington Road, 60; Whitelhorn Street, 7.
Food and Drugs Acts.
Acting under your instructions, 102 samples of various food stuffs
have been purchased and submitted to the Analyst.
Milks, 47; butters, 16; margarine, 15; lard, 9; ginger, 1; linseed,
3; cod liver oil, 1; cocoa, 3; ground rice, 1; golden syrup, 1;
sausages, 2; oatmeal, 1; arrowroot, 1; vinegar, 1.