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Leyton 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Proceedings under Public Health Acts.
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of
which notices were served requiring defects
to be remedied 29
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects
were remedied—
(a) by owners 28
(b) by Local Authority in default of
owners 1
The house-to-house inspections totalled 1,039. These inspections
were carried out in the following roads:—
Lansdowne Road, Leytonstone.
Cobden Road, Leytonstone.
Acacia Road, Leytonstone.
Cecil Road, Leytonstone.
Gladstone Street, Leytonstone.
Florence Road, Leytonstone.
Cathall Road (South Side), Leytonstone.
Argyle Street, Leytonstone.
Lascelles Road, Leytonstone.
Leyton Park Road, Leyton.
St. Georges Road, Leyton.
Beaconsfield Road, Leyton.
Salisbury Road, Leyton.
Elm Road, Leyton.
Scotts Road, Leyton.
Morley Road, Leyton.
William Street, Leyton.
Farmer Road, Leyton.
Byron Road, Leyton.
DRAINAGE.
The drainage of 127 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.