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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Barking 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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In the section of this report devoted to inspection will he
found a table shewing briefly the condition of the slum propertyremaining
in the town. There are only one or two slums left
which cause much trouble, and to a very large extent their condition
is due to the habits of the people themselves.
Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year
1907, for the Urban District of Barking Town, on the administration
of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, in connection with
Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homework.
1.— INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors oe Nuisances.
| Number of Written | ||
|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Notices. | |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 104 | 10 |
| Workplaces | 22 | |
| 126 | 10 | |
2.— DEFECTS FOUND.
| Number of Dafects. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | |
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts- | ||
| Want of cleanliness | 10 | 10 |
| W ant of ventilation | 1 | 1 |
| Sanitary accommodation insufficient | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 12 | |