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Barking 1919

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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Sanitary Work of the District.
Closet accommodation—
Number of privies with open middens —
,, privies with covered middens 16
,, water closets with flushing cisterns 6,932
,, privies constructed during 1919 —
,, additional closets provided for old property
in 1919 —
,, pail or tu'b closets 1
,, waste-water closets 10
,, without flushing cisteirns 68
Scavenging (by direct labour)—
Tips—Two tips.
Total annual cost, £2,778.
Nuisance inspections—
Total number of inspections made in 1919 2,965
Number of complaints received 353
Informal notices served 950
Complied with 835
Statutory notices served 288
Complied with 288
Total number of nuisances in hand, at close of 1918 —
,, ,, nuisances in hand at close of 1919 115
,, ,, nuisances reported during 1919 —
,, ,, nuisances abated during 1919 —
,, ,, summonses or other legal proceedings 1
Regulated Buildings,
Trades, etc.
No. in
District.
No. on
Register.
Total No.
Inspecttons
made.
General
Condition.
Legal
Proceed-
ings
(if any).
Common Lodging
Houses
Bakehouses
Slaughter Houses
*Ofifensive Trades
5
16
3
29
5
16
3
29
52
58
157
69
Clean
Clean
Good
-
-
-
-
* Manure Manufacturers, Fat Melters, Gut Scrapers, Fish Frying,
Marine Stores.