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Poplar 1928

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

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Table: SANITARY INSPECTORS WORK, Etc.Tubulated Statement of Inspections, Insanitary Conditions found existing, and lie-inspections during the year 1928.

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SANITARY INSPECTORS WORK, Etc.

Tubulated Statement of Inspections, Insanitary Conditions found existing, and lie-inspections during the year 1928.

	East Combined	West Combined	Poplar South	Bromley North	Bromley Central	Bow East	Bow West	Totals 1928	Totals 1927.
Total Inspections:	1513	1422	1426	1247	896	943	1148	8595	8694
On complaints of nuisances, etc.	488	745	620	633	320	490	582	3878	3718
On notification of infectious diseases	387	520	459	279	2,6	186	258	2365	2586
House-to-House	63	25	—	2	61	26	35	212	653
Workshops, workplaces, etc.	284	47	97	88	59	44	198	817	797
Miscellaneous	291	85	250	245	180	197	75	1323	940
Premises found in fair condition	759	630	771	554	242	314	482	3752	3561
Do. requiring amendment	754	792	655	693	654	629	666	4843	5133
Details of Insanitary Conditions, etc.
Walls and ceilings dirty	210	292	237	362	263	210	371	1945	2419
Yards, forecourts and areas insufficiently paved or drained	108	54	66	62	98	35	116	539	638
Inlets to drains not properly trapped	—	8	—	—	—	—	1	9	7
Number of drains tested	306	191	372	169	233	158	507	1936	1944
Do. do. defective	73	90	36	37	15	37	80	368	386
Do. do. obstructed	76	128	79	97	50	78	39	547	456
Sink waste pipes not trapped or otherwise defective	84	21	36	18	69	26	101	355	316
Do. do. directly connected to drains	1	2	—	—	—	6	—	9	10
Soil pans of w.c.'s without suitable water supply	65	29	30	51	45	17	38	275	277
Do. do. broken or unsuitable	37	15	13	24	27	35	13	164	143
Do. do. in foul condition	18	17	13	13	11	24	_	96	145
Do. do. untrapped	1	3	—	—	1		1	6	6
Roofs, guttering, and rainwater pipes defective	236	323	338	349	251	173	269	1939	2121
Water supplies to premises cut off (notified by Metropolitan Water Board)	—	2	1	1	—	—	—	4	14
Water service fittings defective, causing waste of water	53	23	28	27	8	21	16	176	164
Drinking water improperly stored	—		3	1	1	1	—	6	1
Dampness	204	62	79	65	92	114	79	695	843
Inundations	135	12	1005	—	*	12	40	1204	43
Overcrowding	22	7	4	10	11	2	—	56	26
No proper receptacle for house refuse	65	62	80	64	64	101	81	517	403
Accumulations of dung or refuse	78	18	16	10	8	23	12	165	153
Insanitary P.H. urinals	11	4	1	3	8	7	1	35	24
Other nuisances, dilapidations, want of ventilation, etc.	311	411	491	486	186	492	306	2683	3211
Breaches of London County Council's By-laws	82	12	27	1	—	59	2	183	268
Breaches of Council's By-laws	75	7	81	15	98	39	1	319	543
Intimations served	537	713	647	693	588	629	659	4466	4966
Notices served	136	256	207	331	206	153	261	1580	1779
Final Notices served	44	64	64	167	45	61	86	531	326
Summonses applied for	—	2	—	17	2	1	—	27	26
Passengers from Continental Ports:—
Visited	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12
Undiscovered	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Intimations served in respect of verminous rooms	18	26	20	29	43	10	—	146	213
Verminous rooms cleansed by owners, etc.	31)	15	20	46	38	2	—	151	200
Re-inspections..	2500	3381	2231	2744	1819	2589	2626	17890	19930
Visits to Smallpox contacts	3863	1036	2919	378	670	176	163	9205	—
Do. school absentees, etc.	52	—	—	—	158	—	—	210	—
House-to-house visits re smallpox	176	131	—		164	—	—	471	—
Visits re typhoid fever contacts	—	—	—	—	—	—	160	160	—

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*59 visits made, but no inundations found.

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Poplar 1928

Table: SANITARY INSPECTORS WORK, Etc.Tubulated Statement of Inspections, Insanitary Conditions found existing, and lie-inspections during the year 1928.

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