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East Ham 1914

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

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disease, or complaint of offensive smells. In addition to the 159
defective drains there were 35 defective water closet connections
and 69 defective water closet traps. In 281 instances soil pans
were renewed or cleansed, and 130 new ventilating pipes were
erected. For the carrying out of these sanitary amendments the
District Inspectors supervised and passed the work. No pipes
were permitted to be covered until they were tested.
The following are premises where the principal works of reconstruction
of drains were carried cut during the past year:—
97, 99, 101, 103, 105, 107, 109, 111, 113. Alverstone Road.
77-91, Barking Road.
8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40,
42, 44, 46, 48, 50, Carlton Road.
1, 3, 5, 7, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, Durham Road.
133, Hampton Road.
38, Holme Road.
22, 30, 32, and 34, Katherine Road.
39, 41, 43, 45, Manor Park Road.
69, Park Avenue.
634, 636, 809, 811, 930, 932, 934, 936, Romford Road.
14, Shaftesbury Road.
22 and 31, Spencer Road.
" Rose Cottage," Sussex Road.
65-75, Talbot Road.
2, 4, 6, 8, 10 12, 113, 115, 117, 119, 121, 123, 125, 127,
Walton Road.
6-12, Waterloo Road.
SANITARY APPLIANCES.
This term includes the appurtenances to the drains proper,
and during the year there have been 180 flushing apparatuses to
the water closets renewed or repaired, as compared with 222 for
the previous year. 137 waste pipes from scullery sinks and baths
were dealt with, as compared with 138 for the year 1913.