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Barking 1901

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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TOWN.

Table of various Courts and Alleys in the Town of Barking, shewing their present condition and requirements.

Sanitary Improvements Required.
Holly Square, Tanner streetPaving needed at rear of houses. Drains need examining and ventilating.
Tanner Square, „ ,,Paving required round the houses, More conveniences for slop-water and better water supply. Drains have been relaid and ventilated.
St. Johns Retreat, North streetThe main drains have been re-laid and ventilated. The Court also requires paving.
Braintree TerraceDrains have been re-constrncted and ventilated. Concrete should be laid round the houses.
Red Lion PlacePaving required.
Northbury CottagesMain drain requires to be re-laid and ventilated.
Alma PlaceMain drains having been found defective, and have been re-laid and ventilated, but probably the house connections require inspection. The unpaved portion of this Court should be dealt with.
Back Reform PlaceThe drains have been re-laid and ventilated.
Nelson StreetMain drains have been re-laid and ventilated.
Trafalgar Street
Trafalgar Square
Trafalgar Place
Crookes Court, East StreetThese houses have been reported as unfit for human habitation, and have been voluntarily closed, but no order had been obtained from the Court to this effect.
Morgan's Court, East streetThis Court has been partly paved, the drains have been re-laid and ventilated, and most of the houses put into habitable repair. It would be better if the court were completely paved.