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47
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
SANITARY INSPECTOR.
Public Health Department,
Barking.
March, 1914.
To the Chairman and Members of the Barking 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, 1913.
Inspections.
The number of Inspections made during the year was 4,801.
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
1288 preliminary notices, and 157 statutory notices. In a large
number of instances defects were remedied (without serving any
notice) after personal interview with the owner concerned.