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Yard Paving-
Repaired 897
Defects remedied in
Roofs 4320
Floors 1438
Staircases 527
Windows 2324
Doors 481
Fireplaces 1228
Walls and Ceilings 16281
Coppers—
Cleansed 1
Repaired 828
Ditches, Urinals, etc.—
Cleansed 1
Animals improperly kept 15
Offensive Accumulations 117
Over-crowding 51
Smoke Nuisance 118
Dust Receptacles pro
vided 1333
Rooms disinfected 3280
Premises unfit for
human habitation 1
Premises infested with
Rats 11
It frequently happens that a single sanitary notice specifies
many defects needing abatement.
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 number of houses have storage tanks in the roof
which need periodical cleansing. The cleaning of these tanks is
often difficult owing to some of them being built into the roof with
no facilities for access.
Samples of water were taken from the Balaam Street Baths,
and proved to be satisfactory.
The supply of water for domestic purposes has been satisfactory.
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 Lee and the
Thames are both tidal rivers. The Thames and part of the river
Lee are under the control of the Port of London Authority. The
remainder of the Lee and its backwaters are under the Lee Conservancy.
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