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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1—GENERAL.
Ambulance Facilities 17-18
Births 26
Causes of Death (Table) 24
Causes of Death at Various Ages under I year 25
Causes of Sickness 11-12
Clinic and Treatment Centres 15-16
Comparative Statistical Table 9
Deaths 22-23
Inquests 23
Laboratory Work 19
Local Bye-Laws, Regulations and Adoptive Acts 19-21
Marriages 26
Staff 3
Statistical Summary 8
Summary of Nursing Arrangements and Hospital Provision 13-17
. Table of Vital Statistics from 1923 to 1929 10
SECTION 2—SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF
THE DISTRICT.
Common Lodging Houses 36
Factories, Workshops, Workplaces, etc. 42-45
Housing Statistics 29-31
Houses Let in Lodgings 36
Improvement of Existing Housing Conditions 45-48
Inspection and Supervision of Food :—
(a) Milk 37-38
(b) Meat 38-40
(c) Unsound Food 40
Notices Served 34
Offensive Trades 36
Overcrowding 46
Piggeries 36
Kainfall 27
Kivers and Streams 27
Sale of Food and Drugs Act 40
Sanitary Inspection of the Area 31-32
Scavenging 28