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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 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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Milk Supply—
Number of samples taken by Officers of S.A. for
analysis under Food and Drugs Acts —
Number of samples taken by Officers of S.A. for
bacteriological examination —
Number of samples taken, by Officers of S.A. for
dirt contamination —
Any instance of disease attributed to milk in 1919 —
Number of Cowkeepers in district 2
registered 2
,, Milk-sellers who are also Cowkeepers 1
Number who are Purveyors only 24
Total number registered 25
Total number of cowsheds 2
Number of inspections in 1919 19
General condition Fairly good
Approximate number of milch cows in the district 14
Any insufficiency in milk supply No
Legal proceedings under Dairies, Cowsheds and
Milkshops Order No
Any inspection or other action by districts in which
milk is sent No
Other Foods—
Number of seizures of unsound food 1
Kind, quantity Tubercular cow
Number of Prosecutions—
(a) Food and drugs —
(h) Unsound food —
Factories and Workshops—
Smoke nuisance at Metal Works, Hertford Road.
Numbed of smoke observations taken 10
,, cautions 2
,, legal notices or summonses —