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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 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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Table: (h) General Repairs.

(h) General Repairs.

House floors repaired329
Windows repaired or renewed238
Window sills repaired or renewed110
Sashcords renewed304
Stoves or coppers repaired or renewed365
House doors repaired or renewed162
Stairs repaired64
Chimney pots renewed and stacks rebuilt72
Dirty or defective rooms repaired, cleansed and redecorated1,659
External walls repaired111
Insufficient floor ventilation46
(i) Miscellaneous.
Offensive accumulations removed88
Animals so kept as to be a nuisance24
Verminous rooms and persons disinfected15
Stables cleansed7

Table: NOTICES SERVED.

NOTICES SERVED.

Informal Notices2,196
Statutory Notices516
Section 36, Public Health Act, 1875 35516
Section 94, Public Health Act, 1875 295
Section 41, Public Health Act, 1875 7
Section 5, Infectious Disease (Prevention) Act, 1890 42
Section 3, Housing Act, 1925 135
Section 22, Public Health Act (A) Act 1890 2