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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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HOUSE TO HOUSE INSPECTION—
| NAME OF ROAD. | Number of Premises Inspected. | Number of Premises where Defects existed. | Number of Premises found in Fair Condition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manor Park Ward. | Barrington Road | 29 | 29 | - |
| Eighth Avenue | 44 | 41 | 3 | |
| Parkhurst Road | 183 | 183 | - | |
| Walton Road | 27 | 27 | - | |
| 283 | 280 | 3 | ||
| Plashet Ward East. | Bath Road | 6 | 6 | - |
| Clifton Road | 37 | 26 | 11 | |
| Coleridge Avenue | 9 | 9 | — | |
| Colston Road | 8 | 6 | 2 | |
| 60 | 47 | 13 | ||
| Plashet Ward West. | Bristol Road | 34 | 13 | 21 |
| Green Street (Ann's Cottages) | 0 | 6 | — | |
| Sherrard Road | 4 | 4 | — | |
| Walpole Road | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Waterloo Road | 25 | 16 | 9 | |
| Whitfield Road | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Washington Road | 10 | 7 | 3 | |
| Wortley Road | 38 | 18 | 15 | |
| Wyndham Road | 40 | 33 | 7 | |
| 155 | 98 | 57 | ||
| 2,027 | 1,209 | 818 | ||
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.
There are 27,517 houses in the Borough, and at 1,852 the
drains have been unstopped and cleansed, being 6.8 per cent.
The figures for the year 1913 were 1,952, being 7.23 per cent.
DRAINAGE WORK.
At 1,024 houses the drains have been tested, and in 159 instances
defects in the drains have been discovered. 37 of these
were the result of house to house inspections, and 122 by routine
work, such as visits caused by the occurrence of a case of infectious