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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

East Ham 1904

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

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Table: The following premises have been reconstructed with combined drains:—-

The following premises have been reconstructed with combined drains:—-

i to 6 (con.), Forest View Terrace ...6 houses
60 to 80, Harcourt Avenue11 i>
946 to 952, Romford Road ...4 ..
1 to 15, Southborough Road8
10 to 14, Greenhill Grove ...3 »
24 to 48, Compton Avenue ...*3 ..
28 to 30, Ernald Avenue2 ,,
1 to 10 (con.), Fair view Terrace, Barking Rd.10 „
2 and 4, Napier Road2 ,,
2 to 10, Market Street5 ..
34 to 40, Market Street7 »
96 to 114, Market Street10 ,,
23 to 45, Market Street12 „
2 to 12, Howard Road6 „
2 to 12, Arthur Road6 „
1 to 12 (con.), Mountfield Road12 „
78 to 94, Bonny Downs Road9 ».
1 to 12 (con.), Crosby Row, High St. South12 „
1 to 135, Albert Road, North Woolwich68 „
1 to 7 (con.), Staveley Street7 »
50 to 62, High Street, North Woolwich7 ..
62 to 74, Salisbury Road7 »
301 to 319, Green Street10 »
32 to 38, Plashet Grove4 »
72 to 84, Wakefield Street ...7 ..
101 to 119, Elizabeth RoadIO „

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In the event of a stoppage, the Council send two men who
are wholly employed for this special work of drain clearing, and
are acquainted with the construction of the drains, knowing exactly
the position of the Inspection Chamber, and in the event of the
drains becoming stopped, they know where to open to clear, while
strangers usually commence by breaking pipes to unstop a drain.
In the interest of public health, the Council's system of clearing
drains is to be highly commended, for if the work is left to the
individual owner to do, he usually calls in the first chimney sweep
available, with the result that permanent damage is done, and