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Barking 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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Where removals to Corporation houses are from
clearance areas the tenant's effects are fumigated by
hydrogen cyanide, this process being carried out by
contractors in the removal vans. The bedding and
soft goods from the houses are steam disinfested at
the Barking Hospital.
The appointment of an officer specially to supervise
or educate tenants in the prevention of infestation
has received the consideration of the Committee and
it is expected that a woman sanitary inspector will
shortly be carrying out this work as part of her duties.
(17) CAMPING SITES.
There are no camping sites within the Borough.