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Barking 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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There has been a gradual improvement in the operations but there is still much
to criticise in the tipping methods, and these criticisms have been brought to the
notice of the Borough Engineer and Surveyor from time to time.
The only complaint we have received from residents during the year relates
to an infestation of crickets.
Private Tips.—In connection with such tips the Corporation administers the
relevant section of the Essex County Council Act, and '261 visits were paid by your
officers to such tips during the year to see that no nuisance was committed, and to
offer advice as to methods of disposal.
8. SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA.
The number of complaints received and recorded in the register of complaints
was 659, as compared with 759 in 1936, 855 in 1935, 551 in 1934 and 927 in 1933.
The premises were inspected forthwith and any necessary action taken.
The total number of visits paid by sanitary inspectors to various premises for
all purposes was 15,054 and are summarised below, together with the number of
defects found arising from those visits.

The housing defects dealt with numbered 6,801.

(a) Work of Sanitary Inspectors.
(1) Inspection of Dwelling-Houses.
Total Houses Inspected under Public Health or Housing Acts ...3,695
Total Number of Inspections made10,644
Housing (Consolidated) Regulations981
After Infectious Disease844
Overcrowded Premises1,416
Defects Found6,801
Notices Served (Preliminary)2,349
Re-inspections re Notices Served3,942
Inspection of Works in Progress599