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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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(A) General Repairs.
House floors repaired 254
Windows repaired or renewed 214
Window sills repaired or renewed 103
Fixed windows made to open 14
Sashcords renewed 265
Stoves or coppers repaired or renewed 254
House doors repaired or renewed 107
Stairs repaired 37
Chimney stacks rebuilt 3
Chimney pots renewed 38
Dirty or defective rooms repaired, cleansed and redecorated
1,263
External walls repaired 43
(i) Miscellaneous.
Offensive accumulations removed 112
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance 26
Verminous rooms and persons disinfected 20
Stables cleansed 9
NOTICES SERVED.
Informal Notices 2,080
Statutory Notices 704
Section 36, Public Health Act, 1875 92
Section 94, Public Health Act, 1875 373
Section 41, Public Health Act, 1875 6
Section 5, Infectious Disease (Prevention) Act,
1890 28
Section 3, Housing Act, 1925 197
Section 46, Public Health Act, 1875 3
Section 22, Public Health Act (A) Act 1890 4
Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act. 1919 1
704