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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Jan. 2nd.—Dagenham.—Foul drain and overflowing cesspool.
Notice. Remedied.
Jan. 2nd.—Chadwell Heath.—Swine kept so as to be a nuisance.
Notice. Remedied.
Jan. 2nd.—Marks Gate.—'Defective drain and closet, etc. Notice.
Remedied.
Jan. 4th.—Dagenham.—Damp and dilapidated house. Notice.
Remedied.
Jan. 4th.—Ditto.—Deposit of manure near dwellings. Notice.
Remedied.
Jan. 6th.—Chadwell Heath.—Complaint of black smoke issuing from
shop chimney. Notice. Remedied.
Jan. 7th.—Dagenham.—Swine kept so as to be a nuisance. Notice.
Remedied.
Jan. 10th.—Ditto.—Foul ditch. Notice. Remedied.
Jan. 13th.—Chadwell Heath.—Defective drain to stables. Notice.
Remedied.
Jan. 15th.—Dagenham.—Two cottages damp and insanitary. Notice.
Closed.
Jan. 17th.—Ditto.—Defective drain. Notice. Remedied.
Jan. 20th.—Five Elms.—Fowls kept so as to be a nuisance. Notice.
Remedied.
Jan. 29th.—Marks Gate.—Defective cesspool. Notice. Remedied.
Jan. 29th.—Collier Row.—Hainault School cesspool overflowing into
roadside ditch, causing a nuisance. School now being reconstructed.
Feb. 5th.—Dagenham. — Accumulation of manure. Notice.
Remedied.
Feb. 12th.—Beacontree Heath.—Two houses insanitary, foul cesspool.
A case of diphtheria here. Notice. Drain connected with sewer.
Feb. 14th.—Chadwell Heath.—Two damp and dilapidated houses.
Notice. Remedied.
Feb. 17th.—Five Elms.—Three foul privy pits. Notice. Connected
with sewer.
Feb. 22nd.—Dagenham.—Filthy premises. Notice. Remedied.
Feb. 25th.—Ditto.—Three houses not connected with sewer. Notice.
Remedied.
Mar. 5th.—Chadwell Heath.—House with no drains, etc. Notice.
Remedied.
Mar. 5th.—Ditto.—Defective w.c. and yard paving. Notice.
Remedied.
Mar. 11th.—Ditto.—Ten houses with defective drainage. Now
being connected with a new sewer laid.
Mar. 10th.—Dagenham.—Three dilapidated houses. After much
trouble, now being repaired.
Mar. 10th.—Station Road.—Eight houses damp and dilapidated.
Notice. Remedied.