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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Poplar 1937

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

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accordance with the Ministry of Health's suggested precautions for
"controlled" tipping.

Table: Free shoots were found for 438tons of street sweepings and boiler ashes and44tons of house and shop refuse were tipped at a neighbouring Authority's shoot.

Free shoots were found for 438tons of street sweepings and boiler ashes and44tons of house and shop refuse were tipped at a neighbouring Authority's shoot.

Summary for the Year 1937.
House refuse28,525 tons
Trade refuse382 ,,
Street sweepings4,604 ,,
Solid gully detritus944 „
Market refuse1,750 ,,
36,205 ,,

Table: Combined Drainage. — The following drainage works were approved by the Public Health Committee:—

Combined Drainage. — The following drainage works were approved by the Public Health Committee:—

55, Glengarnock Avenue£80
7, Grove Villas£100
120, Canton Street£35

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3 (iii) Sanitary Inspection of the Borough—see summarised, statement facing
this page.