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West Ham 1899

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1899

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In addition to the foregoing the Council removed 114 loads of
old refuse from a strip of land at the rear of York Street, thereby
extending the cottage yards by eight feet, and rid the tenants of a
nuisance which for years had been increasing, chiefly owing to the
tenants' own accumulations.