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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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The buildings comprising the town and the use to which they are put are as follows:—
| 1911. | Total, 1901. | Total, 1911. | Ordinary Dwelling Houses. | Blocks of Flats. | Shops. | Hotels and Public Houses. | Offices, Warehouses and Factories. | Institutions | Others. | Vessels. Sheds. Vag rants. | Separate Flats included in foregoing. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Places of Worship | 16 | ||||||||||||
| Govt, and Municipal Buildings | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Number inhabited | 3,843 | 5,714 | 5,256 | 14 | 395 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 6 | — | 22 | Shops | 61 |
| Separate Occupiers | 4,260 | 6,291 | 5,757 | 22 | 412 | 25 | 11 | 31 | 6 | 22 | Offices | 7 | |
| Population | 21,547 | 31,294 | 28,808 | 84 | 1,840 | 147 | 48 | 250 | 24 | 93 | 84 | Warehouses, Workshops, Factories. | 15 |
| Uninhabited | 223 | 181 | 148 | 1 | 30 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | Theatres and other places of amusement | 2 |
| Being built | 96 | 68 | 51 | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — |