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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 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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SUMMARY of WORK DONE DURING the YEAR 1922.
Inspections:—
House to house 458
Complaints 374
Infectious disease 136
Factories and Workshops 263
Schools 122
Cowsheds and Dairies 264
Common Lodging Houses 127
Food Shops 215
Miscellaneous 2,717
Total number of Inspections 4,676
Re-inspections of all kinds 5,765
Preliminary Notices served 1,760
Statutory Notices served 144
Housing and Town Planning Notices 204
Main drains cleared 173
Cess-pools cleared 75
Houses without proper dustbins 176
Houses over-crowded77
Houses stripped and cleansed after infectious diseases 35