Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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Magazine Cottage No supply.
De Pass' Cottages „
Magazine Cottage, Ripple Marsh „
Greatfields Farm House Main Public Supply.
Two Cottages adjoining „
Davey's Tar Works (Cottage) No supply.
Food Supply.
The meat sold in the town has been found to be of good,
wholesome quality, except in a few instances, but even then I
could not pronounce it unfit for food.
Vegetables have been good, and not dear, but are not used
as much as they should be. In this connection, as I have pointed
out before, the encouragement of small holdings with the
establishment of a retail market for the disposal of the produce
would, I am sure, work well.
No food has been seized as unfit for use during the year.
Milk Supply.
This matter has not, owing to the cooler weather, been as
much to the front as in former years. As will be seen from the
annexed tables only three cowsheds remain in the district, and
though a great deal remains yet to bring the methods adopted
therein up-to-date, yet I do think substantial progress has been