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Midwives.
Three Midwives are employed by the Urban District Council,
from whom they receive a fixed salary. Fees received by them
are payable to the Council.
LEGISLATION
Adoptive Acts in Force.
Public Health Acts Amendment Acts, 1890 and 1907.
Private Street Works Act, 1892.
Bye-Laws referring to Nuisances, Slaughter Houses, Houses
Let in Lodgings.
(The Bye-laws made by the Woodford Local Board in 1883
with respect to Slaughter Houses being no longer adequate, they
were re-modelled during the course of the year. The new Byelaws
were adopted by the Council in October, and confirmed
by the Minister of Health in December, 1925).
Dairy Regulations under Dairies, Cowsheds and Milk Shops
Order, 1885.
Public Health Act, 1925.—This Act has been wholly
adopted by the Council, and comes into operation on 1st April,
1926.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Water Supply is from the mains of the Metropolitan Water
Board.
Rivers and Streams.— The effluent from the Eastern Sewage
Works is received by the River Roding, and that of the Western
Works by the River Ching (a tributary of the River Lea).
Drainage and Sewarage.
Eastern Sewage Works.— The extension of these works
was completed towards the close of the year. Four new filters
and two pairs of tanks were provided, and several minor improvements
made, the total cost amounting to £12,000. There
are now 6 filters and 18 contact beds (9 coarse and 9 fine),
capable of dealing with a flow of 600,000 gallons daily. The
results obtained during the year were satisfactory, as is shown
by the reports of the County Analyst.