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East Ham 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

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Engineer. This officer also serves notices where necessary with
respect to defective dust bins.
The district Sanitary Inspectors are provided with small notice
books for easily notifying the Cleansing Superintendent whenever
they find a broken or improper dust bin.
Factories, Workshops and Outworkers' Premises.
There are 244 factories and workshops in the Borough, including
bakehouses and laundries. During the year 268 inspections
have been made, of which 125 were to homes of outworkers.
Public Water Closets and Urinals.
There are 11 public conveniences in the Borough under the
supervision of the Cleansing Superintendent of the Borough
Engineer's Department. No complaint has been received during
the year and they have been well maintained in a satisfactory
condition.
There are 34 public houses and beer houses in the Borough,
the majority of which are well equipped with sanitary conveniences
and, with a few exceptions, these are also well maintained.
Attention is being given to two houses in particular in which the
conditions are not satisfactory.
Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924.
Considerable time has been spent by the Inspectors on this
important branch of the work of the section.
All owners and occupiers of slaughter.houses are supplied with
printed and addressed notification forms.

During the year 982 notifications to slaughter were received referring to :—

Cattle1,689
Sheep880
Pigs7,972
Lambs1,482
Calves1,244
Total13,267