Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar]
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Water service fittings repaired 15
Water service for domestic purposes altered or repaired 62
Ventilation of W.C.'s improved 8
Nuisances from dampness abated 93
Accumulation of dung and refuse removed 25
Public house urinals cleansed and repaired 5
Bye-laws enforced 150
Overcrowding abated 6
Other nuisances remedied, chiefly dilapidations 443
Drains tested by the application of the smoke drain test, of
which 35.04 per cent were proved defective 953
Entirely new drainage systems of which plans and particulars were
submitted for approval and duly authorised, have been laid at the
undermentioned premises:—
34, 35, Coborn Street,
i, 9, Avenue Road,
23, 25, Douro Street,
11, 13, 26, 29, 31, 33, 35, Alfred Street,
149, 151, Bow Road,
784, 786, 788, 790, 792, 794, 796, 798, 800, 802, 804, Old
Ford Road,
816, 818, 820, 824, 826, Old Ford Road,
36, Lawrence Road,
71, 73, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30
32, 34, 36, Fairfield Road,
26, 28, Autumn Street.
The house-to-house inspection comprised the whole of the houses
in the under-mentioned streets, viz. :—
Maverton Road,
Douro Street,
Trellis Street,
Creswick Road,
Lawrence Road,
Fairfield Road,
Gandy Court,
Autumn Street,
Alfred Street,
Guerin Street,
Malmesbury Road
Iceland Row,
Spring Street,