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Romford 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford RDC]

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March 9th.—South Hornchurch.—Suspected water found, on
analysed, to be good.
March 12th.—Ardleigh Green.—Filthy house. Notice. Cleaused.
March 19th.—Church Street.—Blocked drain. Ditto
May 3rd.— South Hornchurch.—Foul cesspool. Ditto
May 3rd.—Ardleigh Green.—Foul ditoli from drain. Notice to
provide cesspool complied with.
May Wth.--Hornchurch.—Blocked drain. Notice. Cleansed.
May 11 th.—Hornchurch.—Cottage with defective sanitary arrangements.
Drain discharging into an open ditch. Much trouble with
owner in this case, but defects ultimately remedied.
May 31s/.—Hornchurch.—Cottage without dust bin. Notice.
Remedied.
May 31 at.—Dymoke Road.— Defective w.c. Notice. Remedied.
June 7th.—Craigdale Road.—Blooked drain. Ditto
June 8th.—South Hornchurch.—Water supplying three cottages
suspected to be impure. Found, on analysis, to be good.
June 21 at.—Harold Wood.—River polluted by sewage from
Brentwood sewage outfall works, Several visits and reports to Council.
Correspondence with Billericay Council. Proceedings stayed on the
assurance by that Authority that they were awaiting the sanction of the
Local Government Board for means of improving the sewage at the
outfall works, and that meanwhile, the effluent should be made as pure
as possible.
June 25th.—Hornchurch Sohools.—Defective closets. Notice.
Cleansed.