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9
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Medical Officer of Health for the Borough of Barking, in the County of
Essex, for the Year ended 31st December, 1932.
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICES,
BARKING, ESSEX.
July, 1933.
To the Mayor. Aldermen and Councillors of the
Borough of Barking.
Mr. Mayor, Mrs. Jackson and Gentlemen,
Herewith I beg to submit for your favourable consideration my Report
as Medical Officer of Health for the year ended 31st December, 1932.
This Report is drawn* up in accordance with Circular 1269, 1932, from the
Ministry of Health.
With reference to the population of Barking, I would like to say that the
Registrar-General estimates the population at mid-year 1932 as 60,330. Our
estimate for 30th June, 1932, is 63,852.
It is very difficult to estimate the population of Barking at any one date.
Possibly the true figure is somewhere between the two estimates, but I have
confidence that our figure is not far wrong.
One of the greatest problems you have before you at the present time is that of
slum clearance.
It must, however, be remembered that man hunted his food long before he
built cities, and to the end of the chapter what he eats will be of more importance
to him than where he lives.
You will, I know, have always in front of you that it is of no use for people to
live in houses they cannot afford at the cost of proper food, without which they
cannot live.