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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
West Ham 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Number of days bodies remained in Mortuaries during 1925):—
| 47 | were | l | day in Stratford Mortuary. | ||
| 131 | 2 | days „ | |||
| 15 | 3 | ||||
| 9 | 4 | ||||
| 3 | 5 | ||||
| 5 | were | 1 | day in Canning Town Mortuary. | ||
| 10 | „ | 2 | days „ | „ | „ |
| 17 | „ | 3 | „ „ | „ | „ |
| 3 | „ | 4 | „ „ | „ | „ |
| 1 | Doctor performed 13 post-mortem Examinations. | ||||
| 1 | „ | „ | 12 | „ „ | |
| 1 | „ | „ | 11 | „ „ | |
| 1 | „ | „ | 9 | „ „ | |
| 3 | Doctors | „ | 0 | „ „ each. | |
| 3 | „ | „ | 5 | „ „ | |
| 4 | „ | „ | 4 | „ „ | |
| 6 | „ | „ | 3 | „ „ | |
| 16 | „ | „ | 2 | „ „ | |
| 27 | „ | „ | 1 | „ „ | |
Sanitary Circumstances of the Area.
WATER.
Several large factories have private wells for drawing water
from the chalk, but practically the whole of the Borough is
supplied with water by the Metropolitan Water Board. The
supply is constant, and in every case it is conveyed directly to
the house. A few houses have storage tanks in the roof which
need periodical cleansing.
RIVERS AND STREAMS.
The ditches are under the control of the Town Council as
successors to the Dagenham Commissioners, as also are the
river banks for the prevention of floods. The Lea and the
c