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Proceedings under Public Health
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of
which notices were served requiring- defects
to be remedied 71
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects
were remedied—
(a) by owners 77
(b) by Local Authority in default of
owners Nil
The house-to-house inspections totalled 665, against 1,765 in
1914 and 46-1 in 1920. These inspections were carried out in the
following roadis:—
Harvey Gardens, Harvey Road, Leytonstone.
Ashville Road, Leytonstone.
Angle Street, Leytonstone.
Holloway Road, Leytonstone.
Denmark Street, Leytonstone.
Wood Street, Leytonstone.
Francis Road, Leyton.
Beaumont Road, Leyton.
Sophia Road, Leyton.
Etloe Road, Leyton.
Simonds Road, Leyton.
DRAINAGE.
The drainage of 73 houses has been reconstructed. In some
cases the drains formed portions of combined systems of
drainage, and in such instances on default of the owners the work
has been done by the Council's workmen and the expenses incurred
have been recovered from the owners.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACTS, 1901 and 1907.
40 visits were paid to factories and 438' workshops were
inspected during the year and 208 nuisances remediable under
the Public Health Acts, or contravening the Factory and Workshop
Acts, dealt with, and re-visits made until the necessary
work had been carried out.
277 workshops remain on the register.