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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 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford RDC]
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Aug. 9th.—Ditto—Defective water supply to cottages. Notice.
Remedied.
Aug. 9th.—Ditto—Blocked drain. Notice. Cleansed.
Sept. 23rrf.—Ditto—Foul ditch. Notice. Cleansed.
Oct. 7th.—Ditto—Overorowded cottage. Notice. Remedied.
Oct. 7th.—Ditto—Cottage dilapidated, &c., and unfit for habitation.
Notice. Nothing done.
Oct. 12th.—Ditto Ditto
Oct 12th.—Foul ditch. Notice. Cleansed.
Oct. 12tn.—Defective sanitary accumulation. Notice. Remedied.
Oct. 19th.—House damp and defective water supply. Condemmed.
Oct. 22nd.—Foul ditch. Notice. Cleansed.
Oct. 23rd.—Ditto Ditto
Rainham and Wknnington:—Jan. 6th.—Foul drains and
closets. Notice Cleansed.
Jan. 11lth.—Untrapped drain. Notice. Remedied.
Jan 22nd—Accumulation of manure. Removed.
Jan. 27th.—Foul cesspool. Notice. Cleansed.
Feb. 11th.— Insufficient drainage to cottages. Notice. Remedied.
Feb. 14th.—Foul drain and closets Notice. Remedied.
Feb. 26th. — Foul ditch. Notice. Cleansed.
April 13th.—Foul cesspit. Notice. Cleansed.