[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar] page 64

Poplar 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar]

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Table: Summary of Notices and Improvements carried Out at the differentManufactoriesandWorkshopsin the Poplar and Bromley District, for the year ended December,1896.

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Summary of Notices and Improvements carried Out at the differentManufactoriesandWorkshopsin the Poplar and Bromley District, for the year ended December,1896.

Nat re of Nuisance.	Number of Notices served.	Cause of Nuisance.	How Remedied.
Smoke Nuisance	27	Burning of inferior fuel, and defective apparatus.	In each case a belter class of fuel is now used.
Insufficient latrine accommodation	22	In each case the sanitary arrangem *nts were defective.	The accommodation has been increase.!, and modern latrines fitted up.
Defective drains in workshops	11	Drains defective throughout.	The drains have been put into thorough repair.
Discharge of offensive liquid into sewer	4	Nuisance caused by discharging chemical refuse into Board's sewer.	The discharge of offensive liquid has been discontinued.
State of Workshops	9	Walls and ceilings of workrooms, dirty, and dilapidated.	The workrooms have been thoroughly cleansed.
Sulphuric Acid Works	2	Escape of acid fumes from concentrating plant.	The defective plant has been repaired.
Lamp Black Works..	1	Condensing apparatus out of order.	The condensing appara tus has been repaired.
India Rubber Works.	2	Nuisance caused by treating cuttings with chemicals.	Means adopted for preventing escape of noxious vapours.
Fish curing	2	Escape of noxious fumes from wooden smoke holes.	The smoke holes have been put into thorough repair.
Fish skin drying	3	Nuisance caused by scraping and drying skate and other fish skins.	In each case the business has been discontinued.