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Defects remedied in
Roofs 3401
Floors 986
Staircases 424
Windows 1470
Doors 388
Fireplaces 908
Walls and Ceilings 13028
Coppers—
Repaired 594
Ditches, Urinals, etc.—
Cleansed 2
Animals improperly kept 11
Offensive Accumulations 64
Overcrowding 64
Smoke Nuisance 77
Dust Receptacles provided
1111
Rooms Disinfected 4709
Premises Infested with
Rats 20
It frequently happens that a single sanitary notice specifies
many defects needing abatement.
Smoke Abatement.
No Statutory Notices in respect of Black Smoke were served
during the year, but several Notices of Offence were served in
accordance with the provisions of the Public Health (Smoke
Abatement) Act, 1926, which generally induced the firms concerned
to effect the necessary improvement.
There was for a short period a serious emission of black
smoke from the chimneys at a privately owned electrical generating
station, but as this was due to temporary difficulties of working
during a change over of plant, no good purpose would have
been served by the institution of proceedings. No offence has
been observed since completion.
In another case the chimney of a locomotive type boiler at an
engineering works was the source of trouble, but after correspondence
with the Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Company, the
nuisance was abated.
Crit.
West Ham is not affected to any noticeable extent bv grit
arising from the use of pulverised coal either within or without
the district.
Considerable trouble was caused during part of the year by
invisible chemical fumes of a very offensive nature arising during
the manufacture of electrical accumulators for motor cars. The
fumes being heavier than air, whole districts were affected at one
or another time, according to the direction of the wind. After a
lengthy correspondence, the firm concerned removed their plant to
a country district, so that the matter ended.
A large firm of waste product dealers reformed their plant
and methods during the year, and all fumes arising during the
process of cooking and drying are now dealt with by water spray
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