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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Feb. 17th.—Station Lane.—No dustbin to two houses. Notice. Remedied.
Feb. 19th.—Slewins Lane.—Dust shoot complained of. Report to
Council.
Feb. 26th.—High Street.—Dirty slaughter-house. Notice. Remedied.
Feb. 26th.—South Hornchurch.—Latrines at rifle range insanitary.
Notice. Remedied.
Feb. 28th.—North Street.—Damp and dilapidated cottage. Closed
voluntarily by owner.
Mar. 3rd.—Harold Wood.—Cow shed insanitary. Notice. Remedied.
Mar. 7th.—Douglas Road.—Defective drain. Notice. Remedied.
Mar. 12th.—Lower Richmond Street.—Defective w.c. Notice.
Remedied.
Mar. 13th.—Globe Road.— Defective w.c. Notice. Remedied.
Mar. 13th.—Claremont Road.—No dustbin to house. Notice. Remedied.
Mar. 14th.—Osborne Road.—Defective drain. Cases of sore throats.
Notice. Remedied.
Mar. 25th.—Hornchurch Road—Gravel pit used as a shoot for dustbin
refuse. Too near to dwelling. Refuse covered with earth, and
practice discontinued.
Mar. 28th.—Hornchurch.— Manure overflow into road from defective
manure pit. Notice. Remedied.
Mar. 31st.—Harold Wood.—Nuisance complained of owing to blowing
about of waste paper from dust shoot. Nuisance abated, and refuse
covered with earth.
April 4th.—South Hornchurch.—Damp and dilapidated cottage.
Notice. Remedied.
April 4th.—Ditto. do. do. do.
Notice. Remedied.
April 9th.—Ditto.—Dirty cottage. Notice. Remedied.
April 10th.—Station Lane.—Defective drain. Notice. Remedied.
April 10th.—Ditto.—House without dustbin. do. do.
April 10th.—Blind Lane.—Pail closet refuse deposited on ground too
near road. Deposit covered with earth and contractor warned to put
refuse in the field further from road.
April 14th.—Hornchurch.—Accompanied Local Government Board
Inspector in inspection of cottage accommodation in village, prior to his
public inquiry on the matter.
April 23rd.—Harold Wood.—House disinfected and cleansed after a
death from phthisis.
April 28th.—Slewins Lane.—Dust shoot complained of. Report to
Council that no nuisance existed.
May 2nd.—Harold Wood.—Dirty dairy and cow shed. Notice.
Remedied.