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APPENDIX IV.
FLOODING JUNE 18th, 1930.
In connection with the severe rain storm which occurred in
the afternoon of Wednesday, June 18th, basement and other
houses were flooded in every part of the Borough.
In most cases the water drained away very soon after the
storm ceased—very little remaining six hours later.
The inconvenience caused to tenants was worse in basement
houses and those where the floors are below the level of the adjoining
street.
In a few cases floors which were defective have been made
worse.
The means of carrying off the water from many roofs especially
those of the "valley" type, proved inadequate in the abnormal
circumstances.
Complaints to the number of thirty-one have been received
and investigated, and in addition to these my Inspectors directed
their enquiries to areas most likely to suffer from the heavy rainfall.
About three hundred and seventy houses have been visited;
occupiers have been advised as to cleansing and ventilation.
Disinfectants have been supplied to over seven hundred and
thirty applicants, and seventy notices served upon owners up to
date. Doubtless these numbers will be added to during the next
few days.
The houses visited have been mainly in the following streets :
Alice Street
Ascot Street
Alfred Street
Barking Road
Blake Road
Beaconsfield Road
Broad Street
Bidder Street
Burnham Street
Butchers Road
Carlton Street
Carpenters Road
Caxton Street
Carnarvon Road
Chestnut Avenue
Chandos Road
Cecil Road
Chandler Road
Durham Road
Fen Street
Tox Street
Frederick Road
Godsell Road
George Street
Hermit Road
Hill Street
Hearn Street
Hack Road
Hoy Street
Huntingdon Street
Junction Street
Kempton Street
Liverpool Road
Leslie Road
Martindale Road
Malmesbury Road
Maud Road
Mona Street
Merton Street
Mary Street
Ordnance Road
Rendel Road
Randolph Road
Rivett Street
Sidney Street
Shepherd Street
Star Lane
St. George's Road
Ship Street
Shipwright Street
Smith Street
Sabberton Street
Tyas Road
Victoria Dock Road
Vicarage Lane
Vincent Street
Walter Street
Wingfield Road
Wellington Place
Wightman Street
Woodgrange Road
Young Street
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