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Poplar 1927

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Table: SANITARY INSPECTORS' WORK, Etc. Tabulated Statement of Inspections, Insanitary Conditions found existing, and Re-inspectious during the year 1927.

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SANITARY INSPECTORS' WORK, Etc. Tabulated Statement of Inspections, Insanitary Conditions found existing, and Re-inspectious during the year 1927.

	East Combined	West Combined	Poplar South	Bromley North	Bromley Central	Bow East	Bow West	Totals 1927	Totals 1926.
Total Inspections:	1251	1598	1301	1308	1200	972	1064	8694	8496
On complaints of nuisances, etc.	405	682	562	653	356	452	608	3718	4217
On notification of infectious diseases	409	548	331	448	446	131	273	2586	2083
House-to-House	107	150	58	50	111	148	29	653	418
Workshops, workplaces, etc.	206	91	130	74	149	58	89	797	537
Miscellaneous	124	127	220	83	138	183	65	940	513
Premises found in fair condition	610	691	649	570	415	275	351	3561	3474
Do. requiring amendment	641	907	652	738	785	697	713	5133	5007
Details of Insanitary Conditions, etc.
Walls and ceilings dirty	355	328	454	323	322	250	387	2419	2748
Yards, forecourts and areas insufficiently paved or drained	170	79	61	52	108	79	89	638	640
Inlets to drains not properly trapped	—	7	—		—	—	—	7	6
Number of drains tested	273	167	410	173	220	276	425	1944	1983
Do. do. defective	57	96	62	51	16	30	74	386	465
Do. do. obstructed	62	84	73	104	52	55	26	456	526
Sink waste pipes not trapped or otherwise defective	67	36	33	—	98	19	63	316	372
Do. do. directly connected to drains	—	7	—	—	—	2	1	10	15
Soil pans of w.c.'s without suitable water supply	60	35	59	51	48	3	21	277	309
Do. do. broken or unsuitable	48	27	14	12	17	15	10	143	165
Do. do. in foul condition	40	14	22	3	8	49	9	145	119
Do. do. untrapped	2	1	—	—	2	—	1	6	10
Roofs, guttering, and rainwater pipes defective	284	367	391	300	310	211	258	2121	2450
Water supplies to premises cut off (notified by Metropolitan Water Board	2	2	_	5	1	4	_	14	9
Water service fittings defective, causing waste of water	51	25	24	21	11	19	13	164	188
Drinking water improperly stored	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	5
Dampness	265	91	131	40	1ll	135	70	843	752
Inundations	—	22	—	12	9	—	—	43	97
Overcrowding	8	—	—	8	8	1	1	26	19
No proper receptacle for house refuse	76	57	62	55	73	22	58	403	378
Accumulations of dung or refuse	31	29	19	43	9	15	7	153	87
Insanitary P.H. urinals	2	1	2	6	9	—	4	24	35
Other nuisances, dilapidations, want of ventilation, etc.	389	455	938	324	260	646	199	3211	3439
Breaches of London County Council's By-laws	113	43	—	7	7	94	4	268	195
Breaches of Council's By-laws	154	9	132	9	129	81	29	543	429
Intimations served	614	916	650	738	699	657	692	4966	4865
Notices served	200	337	109	350	265	225	293	1779	2375
Final Notices served	55	66	8	67	53	43	34	326	456
Summonses applied for	3	10	—	6	1	—	6	26	30
Passengers from Continental Ports:—
Visited	10	2	—	—	—	—		12	5
Undiscovered	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1
Intimations served in respect of verminous rooms	27	19	46	48	48	18	7	213	353
Verminous rooms cleansed	54	19	26	48	42	9	2	200	236
Re-inspections	3294	2952	2900	2528	2815	2745	2696	19930	18189