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Poplar 1925

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

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SANITARY INSPECTORS' WORK, Etc.

Table: Tabulated Statement of Inspections, Insanitary Conditions found existing, and Re-inspections during the year1925.

Tabulated Statement of Inspections, Insanitary Conditions found existing, and Re-inspections during the year1925.

East CombinedWest CombinedPoplar SouthBromley NorthBromley CentralBow EastBow WestTotals
Total Inspections: —1,0581,4981,4791,6549471,0901,2208,946
On complaints of nuisances, etc...4309005959093695806464,435
On notification of infectious diseases2974332674642761852772,199
House-to-House22——126160—155
Bakehouses1420814971991
Slaughterhouses23—14——4573
Cowhouses42———6618
Milkshops2312192351530127
Ice cream vendors' premises9822—98—56
Workshops, workplaces, etc.138451641038667181784
Miscellaneous9278403125132162161,008
Premises found in fair condition48473772211393304575484,417
Do. requiring amendment5747617575156176336724,529
Details of Insanitary Conditions, etc.2713126782612802473082,357
Walls and ceilings dirty128587044875543485
Yards, forecourts and areas insufficiently paved or drained2————1—3
Inlets to drains not properly trapped1781263221291611951441,255
Number of drains tested6976692413746322
Do. do. defective556886129315057476
Do. do. obstructed53194541031212248
Sink waste pipes not trapped or otherwise defective2——————2
Sink waste pipes directly connected to drains