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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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Summary of Nuisances detected and
Work done during the year 1907.
Total Inspections 2009
House to House 474
Complaints 118
Infectious Disease 234
Miscellaneous 1183
Re inspections of all kinds 2890
Preliminary notices served 732
Statutory notices served 92
Drains, main choked 78
„ „ tested 108
„ branch defective 83
„ „ choked 136
Water closet, defective flushing apparatus 316
„ „ connections 131
„ „ and foul pans 96
„ „ walls, floors, and seats 54
Sink waste pipes stopped and defective 66
Dustbins, none 158
„ dilapidated 210
Yard gullies defective, etc. 12
"Walls stripped after Infectious Disease 56
"Walls and ceilings defective and dirty 237
Eaves guttering and downspouts choked and defective 151
Yard» not paved and defective 186