Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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January 17.—Mawneys Road. Defective drain. Notice. Drain re-laid.
January 21.—Catherine Road. Defective drain. Notice. Drain re-laid.
January 21.—Catherine Road. Defective drain. Notice. Drain re-laid.
January 24.—Eastern Road. Blocked drain. Notice. Remedied.
January 24.—North Street. Defective guttering to house. Notice. Remedied.
January 27.—Western Road. Defective ceiling to house. Notice. Remedied.
January 27.—Horuchurch Road. No dust bin to house. Notice. Remedied.
January 31.—Lawrence Road. Complaint of smell from dust bin refuse
deposited in a gravel pit. Practice discontinued and refuse covered
with earth.
February 4.—Heath Park Road. Defective drain. Notice. Re-laid.
February 5.—Linden Street. Blocked drain. Notice. Remedied.
February 8.—Jutsoms Lane. Enormous quantities of dust bin refuse from
llford Urban Council area, deposited in a field by roadside.
Several visits and reports to Council. Discontinued after correspondence
between Romford and Ilford Councils.
February 13.—Mildmay Road. Accumulation of refuse. Notice. Remedied.
February 13.—Mildmay Road. Stable dirty and ill-ventilated. Notice.
Remedied.
February 13.—Mildmay Road. Stable dirty and ill-ventilated. Notice.
Remedied.
February 14.—Factory Road. Overcrowding in a house. Notice. Remedied.
March 8.—Mawneys Road. Van dwellers on unoccupied land. Notice.
Remedied.
March 10.—Balgores Lane. Cottage dilapidated. Notice. Pulled down.
March 11.—Mawneys Estate. Van dwellers. Notice. Removed.
March 11.—Mawneys Estate. Defective drain. Notice. Remedied.
March 13.—Mildmay Road. House in bad repair. Notice. Remedied.
March 13.—Low Shoe Lane. Foul pigstyes and ditch. Notice. Remedied.
March 13.—Factory Road. House insanitary. Notice. Remedied.
March 19.—Carlisle Road. House insanitary. Notice. Remedied.
March 20.—High Street. Blocked drain. Notice. Remedied.
March 20.—Mawneys Road. No dust bin to house. Notice. Remedield.
March 22.—Manor Road. Foul ditch. Notice. Remedied.
March 22.—Eastern Road. Room of house requiring re-papering, &c., after
Scarlet Fever. Notice. Remedied.
March 24.—Hornchurch Road. Room of house requiring re-papering, &c.,
after Scarlet Fever. Notice. Remedied.
March 24.—Nelson Place. House inspected after being repaired under
notice and reported fit for habitation.
March 24.—Wray Square. House inspected after being repaired under
notice and reported fit for habitation.