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Sanitary Section and Housing.
Mr. J. E. Austin, Senior Sanitary Inspector, has compiled
the section of the Report relating to Sanitary Circumstances and
Housing and the statistics in regard to Food Inspection.
Sanitary Circumstances
Water Supply.
The Metropolitan Water Board provide the public water
supply in the Borough. Three samples from domestic supplies
were obtained for chemical and bacteriological examination, and
found satisfactory. Domestic storage is frequently found unsatisfactory
during housing inspection by the Sanitary Inspectors, and
at 187 houses a supply tap on the rising main to the storage cistern
was provided at the instance of the Department.
Drainage and Sewerage.
During the year a surface water sewer was constructed to
relieve flooding in the Central Park district. Soon after its completion
it was revealed that a number of centrally situated premises
were draining improperly to this sewer, and were disconnected
and made to discharge to the foul sewer.
The remedying of drainage defects on 861 houses was carried
out at the request of the officers. The works not infrequently
involved complete reconstruction of drainage.
Considerable nuisance was again occasioned to residents of
certain streets in the Borough, in particular in the Little Ilford
Ward, by flooding from sewers.
Rivers and Streams.
The numerous ditches and watercourses continued to be a
source of nuisance due to obstruction and, in the summer months,
to mosquito infestation. The usual precautionary measures
against serious infestation were taken,