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Twickenham 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]

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New Sewers 2,050 yards in length were laid in the following roads:
Amyand Park Road, Gothic Road, Cole s Bridge, St. Margaret's Road, Sherland Road,
Strawberry Hill, Cole Park Road, Third Cross Road, St. Stephen's Gardens. A new
Sewer 270 yards in length re-constructed in the Amyand Park Road.
Plans submitted and approved for 109 houses, all of which are connected
with the main Sewer, and water laid on to each house and closet.
Legal proceedings were taken in respect of a nuisance arising from the
keeping of pigs, one from a collection of manure, one from a collection of houserefuse,
and one under the Housing of the Working Classes Act in respect of the
insanitary condition of a house and premises used as a Laundry. In two of the
above, convictions were obtained, and in the two others orders were made.
I have the honour to be, Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
January, 1897.
W. MARSTON CLARK, D.P.H.,
Medical Officer of Health.