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East Ham 1913

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

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HOUSE TO HOUSE. INSPECTION— continued.

NAME OF ROAD.Number of Premises Inspected.Number of Premises where Defects existed.Number of Premises found in Fair Condition.
Plashet Ward West.Cromwell Road045113
Jephson Road2020
Lansdowne Road231310
Marlborough Road09527
Rothsay Road33—
Rutland Road1006238
Stafford Road431
Walpole Road40319
Whitfield Road40328
Whittaker Road443014
Woodstock Road594013
456343113
1,7031,199504

DRAINS UNSTOPPED AND CLEANSED.
The work of unstopping and cleansing drains has received the
usual attention. The policy of the Council to send their own men
free of charge to do this important work, essential to the good
health of the Borough, is still in operation.
The men engaged for this work are capable and well trained,
having a thorough practical knowledge of the sewers, manholes,
etc. Serious and permanent damage is frequently done to drains
by men (engaged by owners to remove a stoppage) not being
acquainted with the run of the drain, and who generally commence
their work by breaking a pipe to insert the rods. There
are 27,000 houses in the Borough, and at 1,952 the drains have
b2en unstopped and cleansed, being 7"23 per cent. This may
appear large, but when it is considered that the district is drained
by combined system, and a careless act, such as allowing a
scrubbing brush to be thrown down the water-closet, will cause
the drains of six and sometimes more houses to be choked, the
high figure is more easily understood.