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But it may be repeated that the two sound elements in a policy
of Rat Control in a district such as this are :
1. Sound drainage to hinder the passage of rats from the
sewers, and
2. The prevention of feeding and breeding places above ground,
including dumps of household or trade refuse, or carelessly
stored food for poultry or domestic animals.
Flooding of Underground Rooms from Sewers.—Following
very heavy falls of rain over the parts of North London whose
storm-waters pass into the main sewers that receive the Stoke
Newington sewers, there is a damming-up of waters entering the
mains.
If at such times very heavy rain falls over certain lower lying
streets of Stoke Newington, the sewers are filled, and water from
the sewers may pass up through gulleys and flood "areas" outside
basement premises. Moreover, underground rooms themselves
may be flooded indirectly from the "areas."
During this year there was flooding on one occasion in the Milton
Road -Shakespeare Road- Allen Road area, following a sharp
storm. It is possible that local reconstruction of sewers or sewer
junctions might obviate these floodings, which—happily at only
very rare intervals—are liable to cause marked inconvenience to a
number of families.
There have been no floodings in the Blackstock Road area since
relief sewer work was carried out six years ago, with the construction
of the North Eastern storm relief sewer.
The Mortuary.
Bodies deposited pending burial 8
,, ,, „ post-mortem examination 35
Total 43
Inquests on parishioners (held at Hackney Coroner's
Court) 32