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Romford 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]

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the water supplied from the Company's wells, and of the water
going into supply.
Analyses are also made of samples obtained from consumers'
taps in various parts of the Company's district all proved to be
satisfactory.
A total of over 3,800 Chemical, Bacteriological, and Biological
examinations have been made.
(e) The waters are not liable to plumbo-solvent action.
(f) No contamination has arisen, therefore no action has been
necessary."
In addition to the analyses carried out by the Waterworks Company,
samples have also been taken from consumers' taps by the Sanitary
Inspectors and sent for Bacteriological analyses once per month, and
Chemical analyses one per six months, and the results have confirmed
the findings of the Company.
(ii) Sanitary Inspection of the Area
The Senior Sanitary Inspector has given me the undermentioned
report, as required by Article 27 (18) of the Sanitary Officers' (Outside
London) Regulations, 1935, and also the particulars which follow: —
During the year, 1,624 complaints were received, and investigated.

TABLE 10

Nature and Number of Inspections During the Year

Accumulations and Refuse Deposits47
Bakehouses24
Butchers' Shops and Stalls, etc.169
Cesspools119
Common Lodging Houses20
Cowsheds, Dairies and Milkshops78
Drains, relaid or altered131
Drainage—obstructed or defective791
Drains Tested94
Disinfections and disinfestationsi20
Dustbins91
Establishments for Massage and Special treatment17
Factories Act (Mechanical Power)137
Factories Act (Non-mechanical)68
Factories Act (Outworkers Premises)205
Food Preparing Premises353
Food Hawkers47
Food Inspection418
Food Sampling—Formal81
Food Sampling—Informal156
Food Shops188
Housing Acts2,336
Ice Cream192
Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Act 195252
Infectious Disease1,218
Insects and Pests10
Keeping of Animate14