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On 26th November, the Water Company extended the limit
from four to nine hours daily, and on 12th December the supply
was resumed in full.
On 4th October I took samples in sterilized bottles from No.
42, Prestbury-road (at which house there had been a death from
Typhoid fever), and submitted it for analysis. On examination
no micro-organisms were found in it to cause Typhoid Fever.
(e) The system of sewerage is by water carriage ; it is ultimately
collected by two large main sewers, serving respectively the
northern and southern parts of the District, and which meet and
discharge at the Pumping Station, Bonny Downs. It is there
chemically treated and precipitated in tanks, the effluent passing
through filters and thence into Barking Creek, the sludge being
put on the land, where there is ample space.
(f) The principal industries are the Beckton Gas Works, and
the products in connection therewith; there are also a large number
of men in the south of the district, who work at the Royal Albert
Docks; the building trades employ a great number, and the Urban
District Council about 200, but the greater portion of the workmen
travel to London, as will be seen by the overcrowded condition of
the trains both night and morning. The inhabitants appear
healthy, and do not suffer from any special disease.
(g) The Thames forms the southern boundary, and the
Roding the eastern boundary of the District—both, of course, being
tidal.
(h) No fresh bye-laws have been adopted during the year,
but increased sanitary powers have been obtained under the East
Ham Improvement Act, which became law during August.