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To the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar and Bromley,
December, 31 st 1896.
Sir,
I beg to submit to you my first Annual Report of the sanitary
work carried out in my district (Poplar, North Division), during the
year 1896.
1,397 premises have been inspected, 1,006, in answer to complaints
of nuisances, 336, on account of notifications of infectious diseases,
the remaining 55, being house-to-house inspections. Out of the above
total number of inspections, the drains of 712 premises, have been
tested with either smoke or chemical drain testers, and 465 were proved
to be defective (not gas tight), and in 247 instances, the tests revealed
no defects. 178 premises, were found to be in fair condition, houseto-house
inspections, have been carried out in sections of the following
Streets viz:—Park place, Garford Street, West Street Orchard House,
All South East Row, Section Northumberland Street, Chilcot Street,
Market Street.
During the year, the drains of the undermentioned premises were
reconstructed, intercepted, ventilated, and furnished with means of
access in accordance with the London County Council's Byelaws and
the Regulations of the Board, plans, in each case having been
submitted :
1 and 3, Woolmore Street, 15, 16,17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, Cotall Street,
8, 9, 10, n, 12, 13, Clifton Street, 85, High Street, 52, 54, 56, 58,
Arcadia Street, 22, High Street, 12 and 13, King Street, Orchard Street,
1 to 7, Dingle Lane, 10, Ellerthorpe Street, Bee Hive P. H. Duke of
Clarence Grundy Street, 4, Bridge Road, Prestage Buildings, 7 to 17,
Giraud Street, 299, High Street. 1, 3, 5, Giraud Street, 5, Bridge
Road, Alpha House, (East India Dock Road), Silver Lion P. H.
(Pennyfields), 21, Sussex Street, 104, 106, High Street, 1 to 8, Bickmore
Street, Bonds Wharf, (Orchard Place), 3, Montague Place, 246, 248,
High Street, 1 to 5, Collins Place, 31, 33, North Street, Old
Commodore P. H. (High Street), Howrah House, 22 Emmett Street,