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Plumstead 1893
Annual report 1893-94
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METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACTS AND
THE PUBLIC HEALTH LONDON ACT, 1891.
ELTHAM.
SANITARY INSPECTOR'S REPORT.
To the Board of Works for the Plumstead District.
Gentlemen,
1. I beg to report upon the following matters for the year ending 25th March. 1894:—
| Houses disinfected after infectious diseases | 42 |
| Water supply to W.C.'s | 65 |
| Defective supply to W.C.'s made good | 6 |
| Dust bins provided | 59 |
| Sinks disconnected and traps provided | 11 |
| Stopped drains remedied | 6 |
| Notices served | 45 |
| Overcrowding removed | 1 |
| Old houses drained | 2 |