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Romford 1908

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

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March 31st.—Abbs Cross.—Foul cesspool. Notice. Cleansed.
April 1st.—South Hornchurch. Ditto Ditto Ditto
April 1st.—Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto
April 3rd.—White Hart Lane—Blocked drain. Notice. Remedied.
April 4th.—Kyme Road.—Complaint made of meat suspected to
be bad. Examined but not condemned.
May 1st.—Hacton.—Cistern imperfect. Notice. Repaired.
May 8th.—Ardleigh Green.—Blocked drain. Notice. Remedied.
May 8th.—Harold Wood.—Cowshed filthy and badly paved.
Surroundings insanitary. Notice. Remedied.
May 18th.—Squirrels Heath.—Cottage overcrowded. Notice.
Remedied.
May 26th.—Attended and gave evidence at public enquiry at
West Ham respecting the undesirability of the Grange, Harold Wood,
recently purchased by the West Ham Corporation for the purpose of
a Scarlet Fever Convalescent Home, owing to its being close to Harold
Wood school and surrounded by dairy farms.
June 2nd.—Harold Wood.—Foul closets and drains. Notice.
Remedied.
June 6th.—Abbs Cross.—Foul cesspool. Notice. Cleansed.
June 10th.—Harold Wood.—Swine kept so as to be a nuisance.
Notice. Removed.
June 10th.—Ditto—Blocked drain. Notice. Remedied.
June 14th.—Squirrels Heath.—Foul cesspool. Notice Cleared.