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Walthamstow 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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House-to-House Inspection has been carried out in the under
mentioned streets during the year :—
Barrett Road.
Barclay Road.
Bristol Park Road.
Chingford Lane.
Castle Yard.
Clarendon Road.
Elm Road.
Gamuel Road.
Gainsford Road.
Granville Road.
Grove Road.
Hawthorne Road.
Hervey Park Road.
Jeffries Square.
Ickworth Park Road
Kingsley Road.
Linford Road.
Longfellow Road.
Markhouse Place.
Markhouse Avenue.
Mill Lane.
North Road.
Roland Road.
St. Stephen's Avenue.
Spruce Hills Road.
Suffolk Park Road.
Spring Gardens.
Vallentin Road.
West Street.
Sanitary improvements have been carried out in connection with
2,198 premises out of a total number of 5,506 which were inspected.
Reconstruction of Drainage.—Included in this work during the
year, entire reconstruction has been effected of the drains of 247
premises.
In the case of 12 blocks of houses, comprising 62 separate premises,
the main drainage has been carried out by the Council under the provisions
of the law regulating the respective definitions of drains and
sewers.
These were situated as follows :—
Eden Road, nine houses.
Eden Grove, ten houses.
Clarendon Road, three houses.
Granville Road, six houses.
Higham Street, three houses.
Longfellow Road, two houses.
Maynard Road, four houses.
Oatland Rise, nine houses,
Pembroke Road, six houses.
Somers Road, five houses.
Vallentin Road, six houses.
In the remainder of the cases the work has been done by the owners,
in most cases with little delay.