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Poplar 1924

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

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Table: SANITARY INSPECTORS' WORK, Etc.(See also Tables on preceding page.)Tabulated Statement of Inspections, Insanitary Conditions found existing, and Re-inspections during the year 1924.

SANITARY INSPECTORS' WORK, Etc.

(See also Tables on preceding page.)

Tabulated Statement of Inspections, Insanitary Conditions found existing, and Re-inspections during the year 1924.

East Combined Division.West Combined Division.Poplar South Division,Bromley North Division.Bromley Central Division.Bow East Division.Bow West Division.Totals
Total Inspections:—1,0731,3781,2191,4431,1221,1601,3418,736
On complaints of nuisances, etc.3835774657516096355383,938
On notification of infectious diseases3635962035622863232502,583
House-to-House————5856—114
Bakehouses4341182117769216
Slaughterhouses5—25—35671
Cowhouses73—9—121647
Milkshops48371223145397284
Ice cream vendors' premises273532131127145
Workshops, workplaces, etc.2178948771107593081,338
Premises found in fair condition5136645789783854877084,313
Do. requiring amendment5607146414657376736334,423
Details of Insanitary Conditions, etc.
Walls and ceilings dirty3172724732302802623102,144
Yards, forecourts and areas insufficiently paved or drained905863521095427453
Inlets to drains not properly trapped2471———14
Number of drains tested172119168106158119133975
Do. do. defective3863536862926283
Do. do. obstructed4295113141264248507
Sink waste pipes not trapped or otherwise defective512181108269215
Sink waste pipes directly connected to drains—1—1———2