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February 26th.—Special report to Council on pollution of the
River Rom by sewage overflow from the Romford Urban Sewage
Farm. The Urban Council have made such structural alterations as
(they maintain) will prevent any further pollution.
March 4th.—Hornchurch.—Foul cesspools. Notice. Cleansed.
March 5th.—Ditto.—Home dilapidation. Notice. Repaired.
April 23rd.—Ditto.—Foul cesspits. Notice. Cleansed.
May 2nd.—South Hornchurch.—Accumulation of manure near
dwelling houses. Notice. Removed.
May 2nd.—Ditto.—Foul cow-shed. Notice. Cleansed.
May 12th.— Hornchurch.—Foul privy pits. Notice. Cleansed.
May 12th.—Ditto.
May 12th.—Ditto.—Six houses with insufficient closet accommodation.
Notice to supply two other pail-closets. Complied with.
May 19th.—Ditto.—Two houses. Ditto. Nothing done.
May 24th.—North Hornchurch.—Several houses in The neighbourhood
have sewer ventilating shafts opening too near to window and
chimney. Escape of sewer gas from the mica Hap ventilating inlets,
in many cases placed too close to doors or windows. Special reports
on several occasions to Council. Instruction given by Council
(January, 1899) to remove these inlets where too near doors and
windows, and to erect several tall ventilating shafts at different points
of the main sewer and to carry farther away from windows and
chimneys, those ventilating outlet pipes which are considered necessary
to be altered.
June 1st.—Lower Richmond Street.—Sewer gas escaping into house
from defective sink trap. Notice. Remedied.
Rainham and Wennington.— Feb.10.—Rain Rainham.—Foul
cesspool. Notice. Cleansed.