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105
Rivers and Streams.
The network of water courses in the Borough continues to
be a source of nuisance. In many cases the water stagnates and
during the few fine days in the year the courses become serious
breeding places for mosquitoes. Spraying with larvicide was
carried out by the Authority in order to abate the nuisance. No
serious trade pollution of the water courses was observed.
Closet Accommodation.
The water carriage system prevails throughout the Borough.
Public Cleansing.
The Borough Engineer reports that arrangements for public
cleansing were continued as in previous years. The only development
was the use of land in the Little Ilford Ward for the purpose
of controlled tipping mainly of refuse from the neighbouring
County Borough of West Ham. No complaints were received by
this department despite the close proximity of the tip to certain
houses.
Sanitary Inspection
Despite the unprecedented activity of the inspectorate in the
matter of the housing overcrowding survey, during the first
quarter of the year, the number of inspections and visits only
shewed a slight reduction as compared with 1935. Details of
these inspections are set out in the following statement:—
(a) Inspections.
(i) Housing:—
House to house 3,928
Under Public Health Act 1,867
Other visits 274
Reinspections 18,559
(ii) Sanitary Circumstances:—
Drainage and San. Acc. 559
Factories and Workshops
(exc. Bakehouses) 95