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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford RDC]
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47
COUNTY OF ESSEX.
Parishes of Dagenham, Rainham, and Wennington.
Summary of Work done through the Sanitary Inspector in the Rural Sanitary District of Romford during the year ending December 31st, 1908.
| Total Number for year. | Notes, Results of Inspection, &c. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Complaints received | 22 | |
| 2 | Nuisances detected without complaint | 133 | |
| 3 | Nuisances abated | 173 | |
| 4 | Notices served | 112 | |
| 5 | Summonses taken out | ||
| 6 | Convictions | ||
| 7 | Cottages inspected. | 427 | |
| 8 | Lodging-houses inspected | ||
| 9 | Slaughter-houses inspected | 5 | |
| 10 | Bakehouses inspected | 6 | |
| 11 | Dairies and Milk Shops inspected | 14 | |
| 12 | Cowsheds inspected | 12 | One closed. |
| 13 | Workshops inspected | 14 | |
| 14 | Filthy houses cleansed, sec. 46 Public Health Act, 1875 | 10 | |
| 15 | Houses disinfected | 156 | |
| 16 | Overcrowding abated | 7 | |
| 17 | Houses placed in habitable repair | 37 | |
| 18 | Houses closed | 4 | |
| 19 | Houses erected or re-built for which Water "Certificates" were applied | ||
| 20 | "Certificates" granted | ||
| 21 | „ deferred | ||
| 22 | Wells sunk or improved supplies of Water afforded | 19 | |
| 23 | Wells cleansed or repaired | ||
| 24 | Wells closed | 2 | |