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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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room from the rest of the building, a door being provided to
take the bodies through as required. This will satisfy the
legal requirements and so enable an eminently satisfactory
and suitable arrangement to be carried out.
PARKS AND OPEN SPACES.
The following list gives the situation and acreage of th public parks and open spaces in the Borough:—
| Beckton and N. Woolwich | Beckton Park | 12 acres. |
| Do. | Victoria Gardens | 8 „ |
| Central Ward—East | Barking Road Recreation Ground | 8 „ |
| Do. | Vicarage Lane Ground | 2 „ |
| Central Ward—West | Central Park | 30 „ |
| Manor Park Ward | Wanstead Flats | 92 „ |
| Do. | Recreation Ground | 8 „ |
| Plashet Ward—East | Plashet Park | 15 „ |
SEWAGE DISPOSAL.
The Borough is sewered generally on the separate system,
that is, surface water, etc., is kept out of the foul system. The
rain water, however, from the back slope of the roofs, and
from the back yards, etc., is admitted into the sewers so that
there is a considerable increase in flow during wet weather.
The dry weather flow is about 3½ million gallons daily, or
about 20 gallons per head of population per day.
The sewage is domestic in character, that is, it contains
practically no trade effluents.
The method of purification adopted is chemical precipitation
by lime and alumina, followed by filtration through a "clinker"
bacteria bed. The area of the filter beds in use is 1¼ acres,
additional beds measuring ¾ of an acre are in course of
preparation.