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SANITARY DEFECTS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
All premises where infectious disease was notified were inspected with
reference to drainage, soil and waste pipes, water-closets, water supply,
ventilation, &c., and of the 64 cases investigated in 1909, it has been
necessary to entirely reconstruct the sanitary system in 3 instances, and
to make amendments to soil, waste pipes, and W.C's in 20 others.
HOUSE REFUSE REMOVAL.
The City Engineer informs me that the refuse removed from the City in
1908 consisted of 28,938 cartloads of street sweepings and slop, and 51,821
loads of house and trade refuse. Total, 80,759 loads. The use of the
Destructor was discontinued in September, 1905, since which date all refuse
has been removed by barge from Lett's Wharf to the Corporation land on
Hornchurch Marshes, where it is dealt with.
REMOVAL OF FISH OFFAL.
The contract with Messrs. F. S. Hempleman and Co. for the removal of
Fish Offal expired on the 21st May, 1909, and on the recommendation of the
City Engineer and your Medical Officer of Health was renewed for a further
period of twelve months.
The conditions of the contract require that the Contractor collect and remove,
free of charge, between the hours of 7 p.m. and 9 a.m., all fish offal from the
Corporation Markets and Fishmongers' premises in the City, to the entire
satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health, in specially constructed galvanised
iron bins, of a pattern approved by that officer, and to thoroughly cleanse
and disinfect such bins before returning them to the markets and shops.
The Contractor has undertaken to remove the material during the evening
hours instead of the morning, so as to obviate the necessity of the offal
remaining in the markets all night.
RAILWAY STATIONS.
Periodical inspections were made of the sanitary accommodation provided
at the twenty-five Railway Stations in the City.
In 14 of them, the Companies they belong to have been called upon to
effect sanitary improvements thereat The defects, for the most part, have
been due to lack of proper cleaning, and to defective drains and sanitary
fittings. In each case the necessary works have been satisfactorily
carried out.