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Leyton 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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58
CUSTOMS AND INLAND REVENUE ACT.
The following Table gives the details with regard to the applications
and the certificates granted or refused.
Number
inspected.
Certificate
granted.
Certificate
not granted.
Norman Road
1
1
—
Poplars Road
4
4
—
Crownfield Road
1
1
—
Lea Bridge Road
9
9
—
Montague Road
9
9
—
24
24
-
That 100 per cent, of certificates should have been granted
seems at first sight as if I had been somewhat too liberal, but
landlords who have made application knew that I should insist
on a thorough inspection of the premises in order to see that the
drainage, &c., was in good order. Request for a certificate last
year led to the landlord having to redrain some half dozen houses.
The houses in respect to which certificates have been asked
for and granted are all only two-storey dwellings, and are not let