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Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1935.
Table XXXIV., gives details of the sanitary operations carried
out in the Borough during the year.
The number of drains which were tested was 698 and 860 were
cleansed or repaired. The drains of 82 houses were re-constructed.
Damp conditions have been remedied in 1,213 premises,
and in 56 of these damp courses were inserted.
20 privies and earth closets are know to be in existence
in the Borough, and all of these are in connection with sports
grounds.
It will be seen from this Table that 37 cases of overcrowding
were abated. 26 of these cases were accommodated in London
County Council houses, one in a Borough Council house, and
10 elsewhere.