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GIPSIES.
These troublesome visitors still continue to annoy,
The method adopted for removing them is to call upon the
Inspector of Police for the district in which they are squatted,
viz.: East Ham, Ilford, or Forest Gate, for Police assistance in
order to prevent a breach of the peace, and, with the aid of some
of the Council's workmen and a chain.horse, to draw them on the
highway, where they come under the jurisdiction of the Police.
I have recently adopted a method of serving Notices on the
occupiers of the caravans and tents to furnish them with a wholesome
supply of water under the East Ham Improvement Act, the
penalty being five pounds for non.compliance. Some 30 Gipsies
who were so served left the Borough next morning and have not
been seen since.
MARKET PLACES AND SHOPS.
Careful attention has been given to the Market Places and
Shops. An Inspector is on special duty every Saturday evening.
As pointed out in my previous reports, the food supplies of
the Borough are in the hands of good class tradesmen, who have
shops in the main thoroughfares, which is a distinct advantage,
inasmuch as they are under the constant observation of the
Inspectors and general public.
The better.class tradesman is desirous of supplying wholesome
goods, and, in the event of an occasional bad consignment, is
only too anxious to have such food condemned. On a few
occasions this has happened during the year, and the food has
been brought to the Council's depot, condemned, and destroyed.
COMPLAINTS.
763 were received for this period, 485 written and 278 verbal,
each of which invariably received attention on the same day.
A large proportion of these complaints relates to bad smells
alleged to emanate from defective drainage. On examination, it
is found that the offensive smell emanates from the sink waste.
pipe, usually in the scullery.