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Drainage and Sewerage.—The whole District has a duplicate
system of sewers and practica lly every house water-closet accommodation.
Work will be commenced in May, 1926, and finished within
18 months, when all the sewage of the Area will be delivered into the
London County Council Sewers. There has been difficulty at times,
under existing arrangements, for the production of a satisfactory
effluent, but no serious complaints have been made nor any action
taken by the Dagenham Commissioners for pollution of the stream
through which the effluent flows.
Scavenging.—This has been efficiently carried out and the large
number of private streets now tar-macadamed or asphalted and
flanked by flowering and other trees give a general appearance of
cleanliness and freshness to our roadways.
A weekly collection of house refuse is carried out over the whole
District and disposed of at the Destructor. In the Shopping and
Market Areas collections are more frequent.
In conformity with the Bye-laws galvanised dust-bins are supplied
by the landlords to all tenants. Considerable difficulty is experienced
in maintaining this provision, especially when renewals
are necessary.
Sanitary Inspection of the Area.—The following indicates the
nature and amount of work carried out during the year:—
Number of Inspections made 9,395
Number of nuisances detected 7,978
Number of complaints received 1,704
Informal Notices served 2,299
Informal Notices complied with 2,223
Statutory Notices served 99
Total number of visits from all causes 18,398
The number of complaints received were less than in 1924 and
shows that we are slowly returning to more normal conditions.
Of the 99 Statutory Notices served 91 were complied with within
the year.