Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford RDC]
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ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL.
Parishes of Hornchurch, Upminster, Cranham, Great
Warley, Havering, and Noak Hill.
No. 1 District.
Summary of Work done through the Sanitary Inspector in the Rural Sanitary District of Romford during the year ending December 31st, 1909.
| Total Number for year. | Notes, Results of Inspection, &c. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Complaints received | ||
| 2 | Nuisances detected without complaint | ||
| 3 | Nuisances abated | 89 | |
| 4 | Notices served | 92 | |
| 5 | Summonses taken out for order to test house drains, Hornchurch | 1 | Order refused |
| 6 | Convictions | ||
| 7 | Cottages inspected | All in distriot | |
| 8 | Lodging-houses inspected | None in district | |
| 9 | Slaughter-houses inspected | 10 | |
| 10 | Bakehouses inspected | 12 | |
| 11 | Dairies and Milk Shops inspected | 7 | |
| 12 | Cowsheds inspected | 34 | |
| 13 | Workshops inspected Factories | 30 7 | |
| 14 | Filthy houses cleansed, sec. 46 Public Health Act, 1875 | Nil. | |
| 15 | Houses disinfected | As required by M.O.H. | |
| 16 | Overcrowding abated | 2 | Hornchurch |
| 17 | Houses placed in habitable repair | 8 | Havering |
| 18 | Houses closed | Nil. | |
| 19 | Houses erected or re-built for which Water "Certificates" were applied | Surveyor's duty | |