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serve intimation requiring cleansing of walls, etc. A great improvement
has taken place in the conditions under which the cream is
made and stored in this instance.
The itinerant vendors throughout the district have been visited
from time to time, and found to comply with the new regulations.
EATING HOUSES AND COFFEE SHOPS.
In accordance with instructions of the Medical Officer of Health,
the whole of the eating houses and coffee shops within the district
have been specially inspected and generally were found in a fairly
good condition.
In one or two instances the kitchen required some lime-whiting,
which was immediately done upon the service of intimation.
COUNTY COUNCIL SEWERS.
The ground level ventilators of the County Council sewers running
through the district have been from time to time an intolerable
nuisance, from the very powerful emanations of sewer- gas in Old
Ford Road, Cadogan Terrace, Wansbeck Road, and Smeed Road
particularly. Representations were made to the L.C.C., and petitions
forwarded from aggrieved persons.
During the month of August, six cases of Diphtheria occurred
in the immediate neighbourhood of one of the openings. This
occurrence was immediately followed by considerable activity on
the part of the London County Council in erecting several uptake
Ventilating shafts along the line of route of the sewers in question.
These are not yet completed, but considerable relief from.the offensive
emanations is apparent, and presumably the nuisances existing
at the ground level will be reduced to a minimum so long as atmospheric
conditions are favourable. Some nuisance has arisen from
the tops of the shafts along Cadogan Terrace, as the height of the