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Barking 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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THE INSPECTOR OF NUISANCES' REPORT.
Complaints received 252
Nuisances detected 905
Nuisances abated 990
Notices served 1157
Summonses taken out
Convictions
Cottages inspected 215
Lodging-houses inspected 1
Slaughter-houses inspected 4
Bakehouses inspected 18
Dairies and Milk Shops inspected 33
Cowsheds inspected 4
Workshops inspected
Filthy houses cleansed, sec. 46
Public Health Act, 1875 3
Houses disinfected 165
Overcrowding abated 3
Houses placed in habitable repair
Houses closed
Houses erected or re-built, for which
"Certificates" were applied
"Certificates" granted
,, deferred
Wells sunk or improved supplies
of water afforded
Wells cleansed or repaired
Wells closed 1
Houses connected with sewers 162
Houses connected with water mains 166
Earth, pail, or improved Privies
constructed, or existing Privies
altered
Privies and VV.C.'s repaired ;
W.C.'s supplied with water 12
Cisterns cleansed, repaired, or
covered 57
Animals improperly kept removed 6
Samples of water taken for analysis
Compensation paid for destruction
of infected bedding 16s.
Seizures of unsound meat, &c.
Seizure of bad fish 1
Results.
Notices served where necessary.
N otices served for abatement.
Found satisfactory.
Notices given for limewhiting
Notices served for limewhiting
Limewhited when required.
Limewhited when required.
(Signed) F. MARTIN, Sanitary Inspector.
Wilson and Whitworth Limited, Steam Frinters, " Esiex Times" Office, Broadway, Barking.