London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Barking 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
This page requires JavaScript
36
(e) Water Supply.
Storage Cisterns Abolished 26
Defective Water Fittings Repaired and Supply
Reinstated 108
Supply provided inside houses 8
Existing supplies increased 10
(f) Yard Paving.
Yard paving repaired or relaid 247
(g) Dustbins.
New ones provided 281
(/») General Repairs.
House floors repaired 366
Windows repaired or renewed 200
Window sills repaired or renewed 213
Sashcords renewed313
Stoves or coppers repaired or renewed 387
House doors repaired or renewed 230
Stairs repaired 112
Chimney pots renewed and stacks rebuilt 76
Dirty or defective rooms repaired, cleansed and redecorated
1,678
External walls repaired 175
Insufficient floor ventilation 51
External painting 23
Wash-houses added 7
(») Miscellaneous.
Offensive accumulations removed 80
Animals so kept as to be a nuisance 21
Verminous rooms and persons disinfected 37
Smoke nuisances 70
Drains tested 167