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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Romford 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford RDC]
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June 16th.—Kyme Road.—Blocked drains. Notice. Cleansed.
June 30th.—Douglas Road.—Ditto Ditto
June 30 th.—Ardley Green.—Foul accumulation. Notice.
Removed.
July 7th.—Rush Green.—Blocked drain. Notice. Cleansed.
July 11th.—South Hornchurch.—Ditto Ditto
July 14th.— Vicarage.—Defective sanitary appliances, bad water
supply. Remedied.
July 16th.—Harold Wood.—Foul cesspool. Notice. Cleansed.
July 23rd.—Hornchurch.—Ditto Ditto
July 23rd.—Ditto—Foul urinal. Ditto
Sept. 8th.—On Station.—Foul drain. Ditto
Oct. 13.—Douglas Road.—Defective sanitary appliances. Notice.
Remedied.
Oct. 16th.—Harold Wood.—Ditto Ditto
Oct. 20th. —Douglas Road.—Blocked drain. Ditto
Oct. 23rd.—Squirrels Heath.—Foul cesspit. Ditto
Nov. 2nd.—North Street.— Ditto Ditto
Nov. 12th.—Park Lane.—Blocked drain. Ditto
Nov. 12th.—North Hornchurch.—Complaint of resident of nuisance
caused by fat boiling work in adjoining Urban district.
Nuisance abated by Urban Council.
Dec. 2nd.—Rush Green.—Cottages with foul drains and dilapidated
so as to be unfit for habitation. Notice disregarded. Special report
to Council. Proceeding threatened. Defects now (March) in course
of being remedied.