London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Barking 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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(a) Work of Sanitary Inspectors.
(i) Inspection of Dwelling Houses.
Total Houses inspected under Public Health
or Housing Acts 2,21&
Total Number of Inspections made 5,503
Housing (Consolidated) Regulations 790
After Infectious Disease and Scabies 1,477
Overcrowded Premises 47
Defects Founds 3,020
Notices Served (Preliminary) 1,635
Re-inspections re Notices Served 3,147
Inspection of Works in Progress 224
(ii) Premises Controlled by Byelam and Regulations.
Inspections.
Contraventions.
Notices
served.
Houses Let in Lodgings
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Common Lodging Houses
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Offensive Trades
20
32
11
Tents, Vans and Sheds
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Dairies, Cowsheds and
Milkshops
105
24
15
Slaughter Houses
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Hairdressers' and Barbers
Premises
16
17
5
Smoke Observations
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