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3
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
Medical Officer of Health for the Urban District of
Barking Town, in the County of Essex.
For the Year ending December 31st, 1914.
To the Chairman and Members of the Urban District of
Barking Town.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit to you the Annual Report
upon the sanitary conditions of your district during the year
1914.
A year in which the amenities of life were to a great extent
overshadowed by the international crisis through which we
were passing, and as a consequence, public works were directed
so as to alleviate any distress that might arise from the sudden
transition, from a state of peace to that of war. The adaption
was remarkably facile, and it is with some gratification that it
can be said that there was no distress of any serious moment,
in fact, in many cases the financial position of the household
was improved. It has yet to be seen for how long the community
as a whole can stand the enormous wastage of life and
treasure that is at present occuring.