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Barking 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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33. PREMISES AND OCCUPATION'S WHICH CAN BE CONTROLLED BY
BYE-LAWS OR REGULATIONS.
(a) Houses Let in Lodgings.—Supervision is exercised over the small number
of tenements in the town and reasonable home conditions obtain.
(b) Common Lodging Houses.— One hundred and three visits were paid to the
two common lodging houses, four of the visits being made at night. Eight
defects were discovered and three notices served.
(c) Tents, Vans and Sheds.—There are 12 occupied van dwellings, which are
located in yards where water supply and sanitary accommodation arc provided.
7S \ isits were paid and 7 notices were served in respect of 10 defects discovered.
(d) Underground Sleeping Rooms.—There are no such occupied rooms in the
district.
(c)
| Fish Fryers | 21 |
| Dealers in Rags and Bones | 9 |
| Gut Scraper | 1 |
| Fat Melters | 2 |
| Fish Skin Scraper | 1 |
| Oil Boiler | 1 |
| Soap Makers | 3 |
| Total | 41 |
Two hundred and thirty visits were paid to these 41 premises, and 20
contraventions of the bye-laws were discovered and any necessary action taken.
(f) Refuse Tips.—During the year, the occupiers of the privately owned tips
at West Bank were prosecuted for infringement of the bye-laws.
Fines and costs amounting to £9 were imposed. The tip owners gave an
undertaking that the tips would be closed.
(jl) Piggeries.—The seven remaining piggeries in the district are removed from
occupied dwellings, but the premises are not entirely satisfactory because of the
[???] culties in. drainage.