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FLOODING AFTER RAINFALL ON 18th JUNE, 1930.
Supplementary to my previous report of the 24th instant, 5
further complaints have been received, and 135 additional houses
have been visited, and occupiers advised as to cleansing and
ventilation.
Disinfectants have been supplied to 357 applicants.
Re-inspections have taken place in most of the houses affected,
and there is every appearance that the conditions are now becoming
normal. The notices served upon owners to execute repairs
are being put in hand.
The Council's Inspectors and Sewermen have worked hard in
their endeavour to minimise as far as possible the discomforts
caused to occupiers in the various areas.
The total figures to date are as follows :
Complaints received 36
Houses visited. 505
Notices served 151
Disinfectants supplied 1087
F. GARLAND COLLINS.
June 28th, 1930.
APPENDIX V.
AMBULANCE SERVICE.
The ambulance arrangements in West Ham for conveying
persons requiring immediate operation in hospitals, street accidents,
etc., have been carried out by Messrs. Perry and Son, of
Grafton Road, Plaistow, since the year 1918, on the following
terms:—To house at Grafton Road, Plaistow, supply petrol, oil,
maintain in running order (not supplying tyres) for a payment of
25s. weekly for each vehicle, and the charge of 7s. 6d. for the
removal of a patient within the Borough, and 15s. to institutions
outside—exceptional long distances quoted for at the rate of
Is. 3d. per mile.
There are at present three ambulances in commission:—
*1 Vulcan purchased in 1918.
1 Morris purchased in 1927.
1 Austin purchased in 1927.
* Used for Small-pox cases only.
During the year 1929 two thousand and seventeen patients
were removed to hospital within and outside the Borough arising
from the following causes:—Illness in streets, accidents, operations,
maternity, suicides.
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