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Barking 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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Table: 7. LABORATORY WORK.The necessary laboratory work of the district is carried out by arrangement with the Essex County Council at the Counties' Laboratory, situated in Queen Victoria Street, London E.C.4, particulars of the number of specimens submitted for examination being supplied by the following table :—

7. LABORATORY WORK.

The necessary laboratory work of the district is carried out by arrangement with the Essex County Council at the Counties' Laboratory, situated in Queen Victoria Street, London E.C.4, particulars of the number of specimens submitted for examination being supplied by the following table :—

SpecimenNumber examined
Diphtheria1,708
Sputa364
Typhoid22
Ringworm22
Miscellaneous6

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8. List of Adoptive Acts, Bye-laws, and Local Regulations
relating to Public Health in force within the district.
(i) Local Acts:
Barking Town Wharf Act, 1893, Barking Parish Act,
1888.
(ii) General Adoptive Acts :
Local Government and other Officers' Superannuation
Act, 1922.
Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, Parts 2,
3 and 5.
Public Health Act, 1925.
Baths and Wash-houses Acts, 1847, etc.
Infectious Diseases (Prevention) Act, 1890.
Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907, Parts 2,
3, 4, 5, 6 and 9, and Section 95 of Part 10.
(iii) Regulations:
Regulations as to Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops,
1900 (revised 1924).
Regulations as to Cemetery, 1902.
Barking Town (Pneumonia) Regulations, 1924.