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Barking 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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For cesspool emptying, a tank vehicle is employed, the contents
being pumped out and afterwards discharged into the sewers.
Privymiddens are emptied into tumbrils and the contents buried ;
the same remark being applicable to pail-closets.
Housing Statistics for the year 1929.
1. GENERAL.
| Number of new houses erected during the year :— | |
| (i) Total | 700 |
| (ii) As part of a municipal housing scheme— | |
| (a) Barking | 206 |
| (b) L.C.C | 257 |
| (iii) Others (including private enterprise and subsidy houses) | 237 |
2. UNFIT DWELLING HOUSES.
I.—Inspection.
(i) Total number of dwelling houses inspected
for housing defects (under Public Health
or Housing Acts) .. .. .. 4.413
(ii) Number of dwelling houses which were
inspected and recorded under the Housing
(Inspection of District) Regulation ;,
1910 1,148
(iii) Number of dwelling houses found to be
in a state so dangerous or injurious to
. health as to be unfit for human habitation
.. .. .. .. .. 10
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(iv) Number of dwelling houses (exclusive of 1
those referred to under the preceding
sub-heading) found not to be in all respects
reasonably fit for human habitation
.. .. .. .. .. 2,420