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48
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
Sanitary Inspector.
Public Health Department,
Barking.
March, 1915.
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, 1914.
Inspections.
The number of Inspections made during the year was 3,997.
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 951 preliminary notices, and 146 statutory notices.
In a large number of instances defects were remedied (without
serving any notice) after personal interview with the owner
concerned.
Housing and Town Planning Act, 1909.
The number of houses inspected was 772, and in most instances
informal notices were subsequently served to remedy