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Romford 1908

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

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June 16th.—Emerson Park.—Nuisance from escape of sewer gas,
from defective air outlet, Notice. Remedied.
Aug. 24th.—South Hornchurch.—Accumulation of offensive
manure close to cottages. Notice. Removed.
Aug. 29th.—Wood Lane.—Water supply to cottages reported to
be bad. The water comes from a spring in a gravel pit in a piped
ditch for some distance, and the water allowed to collect in a dipping
hole, used by the cottage residents. Several analyses were made of
this water and on one occasion, that from the dipping hole was found
to be impure, the water from the pipe before discharging into the
dipping hole being found to be good. Report to the Council to this
effect.
Aug. 22nd.—Globe Road.—Accumulation of manure. Notice.
Removed.
Oct. 1st.—Harold Wood.—Blocked drain. Notice. Removed.
Oct, 17th—Ditto Ditto Ditto
Oct. 17th—Ditto Ditto Ditto
Oct. 17th—Ditto Ditto Ditto
Nov. 20th—Ditto Dilapidated cottage. Notice. Repaired.
Dec. 2nd.—Ardleigh Green.—Dirty bakehouse. Notice. Cleansed.
Dec. 12th.—South Hornchurch.—Defective pail closet. Foul
ditch and blocked drains. Notice. Improvement only partial.
Dec. 21st.—Hornchurch.—Drain of Public School suspected to
be defective. Tested and found to be so and whole system of drains overhauled
and put right.