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Borough. Here the sewerage is pumped into the London
Northern Outfall Sewer which crosses the Borough obliquely,
whence it gravitates to the London Outfall at Barking.
CLOSET ACCOMMODATION.
Seal Wharf is an area of about 56 acres, which is converted
into an island by the back waters of the River Lea. It is
entirely given over to factories of varying size. This piece of
land is so peculiarly placed that an elaborate and costly system
of sewerage would have to be laid down to effectively carry
the sewage either under or over the river. There are closets
of the pail type on the site. The lessee of the land is directly
responsible for keeping these in a sanitary and efficient state.
The Sanitary Inspector for the area inspects this area at very
frequent intervals to see that no nuisance arises.
SCAVENGING.
The collection of house refuse, previously the responsibility
of the Public Health Department, has been transferred to the
Borough Engineer's Department, in order that it should be
more closely correlated with the cleansing of the streets and
highways, and with a view to the early adoption of an up-todate
method of collection (viz., Pagefield system) in place of
the present method.
Summary of Work of Sanitary Inspeotors during 1926
No. of Complaints Received and Investigated 5890
No. of Inspections—
Dwelling Houses 12,981
Newly-infected Houses 8,650
Common Lodging Houses 60
Slaughter-houses 410
Bakehouses 229
Dairies 211
Cowsheds 50
Milkshops 156
Retail Shops (e.g.. Eel-pie Shops, Ice Cream
Shops, etc.) 6,792
Schools 5
Canal Boats -
Offensive Trades 262
Factories (including Food Factories) 594
Workshops 209
Laundries 6
Miscellaneous (e.g.. Smoke Abatement, Offensive
Accumulations, etc.) 3,456
Re-inspections 50,450