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60
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Sanitary Inspector.
Public Health Department,
Barking.
March, 1913.
To the Chairman and Members of the Barling Town Urban
District Council.
Gentlemen,
I have pleasure in presenting my Annual Report of the
work carried out in the Public Health Department for the
year ended December, 31st, 1912.
Inspections.
The number of Inspections made during the year was
5,584. These include house to house inspections, houses in
which infectious disease occurred, houses which have been
subject to complaint, factories, workshops, etc., and miscellaneous
inspections, to effect the remedying of defects, etc.,
it was necessary to serve 1,687 preliminary notices, and 374
statutory notices. In a large number of instances defects were
remedied (without serving any notice) after personal interview
with the owner concerned.