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Poplar 1931

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Table: District Sanitary Inspectors Work, Etc. Tubulated Statement of Inspections, Insanitary Conditions found existing, and Re-inspections during the year 1931. Work of Temporary Inspectors (part of year only), 1931. (See Footnote.)

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District Sanitary Inspectors Work, Etc. Tubulated Statement of Inspections, Insanitary Conditions found existing, and Re-inspections during the year 1931. Work of Temporary Inspectors (part of year only), 1931. (See Footnote.)

	East Combined	West Combined	Poplar South		Bromley North	Bromley Central	Bow East	Bow West	Totals 1931	Totals 1930.	Mr. G. L. Belshaw.	Mr. A. T. Harris.
	East Combined	West Combined	East	West	Bromley North	Bromley Central	Bow East	Bow West	Totals 1931	Totals 1930.	(b)	(a)	(b)
Total Inspections:	1188	1742	957	713	1639	1268	1120	1381	10008	9692	44	55	204
On complaints of nuisances, etc.	501	886	458	338	977	483	626	862	5131	4651	37	34	132
On notification of infectious diseases	343	679	327	224	491	358	256	250	2928	3236	5	16	67
†House-to - House	68	—	63	16	_	101	7	38	296	421†	_	_	_
Workshops, workplaces, etc.	248	34	77	80	35	73	60	136	743	404	_	_	_
Miscellaneous	28	143	32	55	136	250	171	95	910	980	2	5	5
Premises found in fair condition	708	782	466	400	775	410	680	540	4761	4629	7	26	106
Do. requiring amendment	480	960	491	313	864	858	440	841	5247	5063	37	29	98
Details of Insanitary Conditions, etc.
Walls and ceilings dirty	136	639	99	96	423	393	258	369	2413	2299	8	4	31
Yards, forecourts and areas insufficiently paved or drained	72	71	21	25	73	122	73	38	495	562	_	2	10
Inlets to drains not properly trapped	1	_	_	_	1	_	3		5	8	_	_	_
Number of drains tested	171	278	241	55	172	145	225	307	1594	1526	3	10	13
Do. do. defective	43	60	46	17	51	19	44	34	314	265	2	—	_
Do. do. obstructed	29	67	55	42	105	29	44	16	387	381	_	4	8
Sink waste pipes not trapped or otherwise defective	38	26	29	_	62	104	58	79	396	351	5	_	_
Do. do. directly connected to drains	1	1	_	_	_	__	2	2	6	1	_	_	_
Soil pans of w.c.'s without suitable water supply	22	43	45	20	85	39	23	24	301	201	_	—	1
Do. do. broken or unsuitable	22	27	33	10	21	43	27	17	200	145	_	2	10
Do. do. in foul condition	18	21	_	10	5	5	13	2	74	49	_	_	1
Do. do. untrapped	—	_	_	_	_		1		1	8	_	_	_
Roofs, guttering, and rainwater pipes defective	200	441	175	134	332	4 7	174	243	2106	2253	22	2	28
Water supplies to premises cut off (notified by Metropolitan Water Board)	1	9	¯	1	¯	¯	¯	¯	4	4	¯	¯	¯
Water service fittings defective, causing waste of water	29	27	59	4	26	5	16	10	176	163	2	2	3
Drinking water improperly stored	1	—	1	_	2	1		—	5	_	_	—	—
Dampness	230	202	64	19	242	192	95	92	1136	1151	—	4	17
Inundations	3	—	_	_	4	_	49	_	56	118	_	_	_
Overcrowding	10	14	4	10	14	_	7	_	59	110	_	_	2
No proper receptacle for house refuse	146	349	178	64	152	166	154	3	1212	1009	2	17	52
Accumulations of dung or refuse	22	35	16	11	25	10	18	304	441	115	9	_	3
Insanitary P.H. urinals	—	—	2	_	3	8	3	1	17	14	5	—	1
Other nuisances, dilapidations, want of ventilation, etc.	273	1361	286	256	512	497	289	371	2845	2810	5	6	61
Breaches of London County Council's By-laws	96	_	_	_	104	21	64	_	285	253	_	_	_
breaches of Council's By-laws	79	_	_	1	75	70	50	_	275	429	—	—	—
Intimations served	429	953	481	312	849	653	430	841	4948	1688	_	28	99
Notices served	175	318	209	50	413	292	127	208	1792	1922	36	_	25
Final Notices served	38	117	101	46	149	51	20	51	573	639	_	¯	4
Summonses applied for	—	11	5	_	11	4	4	1	36	47	_	_	1
Passengers from Continental Ports:—											¯
Visited	¯	¯	¯	¯	¯	¯	¯	¯	¯	9	¯		_
Undiscovered	¯	¯	¯	¯	¯	¯	¯	¯	_	3	_	_	_
ntimations served in respect of verminous rooms	20	53	8	9	23	44	12	¯	169	186	—	¯	2
Verminous rooms cleansed by owners, etc.	30	39	10	19	24	44	5	¯	171	179	—	¯	—
Re-inspections	2871	1956	2514	1417	3691	1769	2018	2330	18566	19782	124	140	395
Number visited Visits ot Smallpox contacts	773	1070	148	776	901	709	147	212	4736	26741	1	118	182
J Premises visited	323	328	85	439	140	359	35	141	1850	10321	_	24	49
Do. school absentees, etc	13	50	17	84	28	9	16	32	249	319	_	_	23
Miscellaneous visits	42	380	249	34	84	154	87	72	1102	1029	111	137	25

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† In addition to the above, 642 house-to-house inspections were made by Mr. C. H. Brown.
Notes.—Work done as—(a) Additional Inspector. (b) Deputy
for absent District Inspector,

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Poplar 1931

Table: District Sanitary Inspectors Work, Etc. Tubulated Statement of Inspections, Insanitary Conditions found existing, and Re-inspections during the year 1931. Work of Temporary Inspectors (part of year only), 1931. (See Footnote.)

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