London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Barking 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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to serve 869 preliminary notices and 105 statutory notices, but in
no case was it necessary to have recourse to legal proceedings.
These figures do not include the reinspection of premises
which takes up a great deal of time in supervising work in
progress.
House to House Inspections.
During the year a systematic inspection was made of the
following streets, roads, etc.—
Over the Gates James Street
Barking Place Emily Cottages
Union Street Bennington Avenue
Back Reform Place St. John's Retreat
Harpour Road Fanshawe Avenue
Priory Road Rosslyn Road
Kennedy Road St. John's Road
Gascoigne Road Devon Road
Eldred Road Sparsholt Road
Rippleside Morgan Yard
Lindell's Court Holly Square
Suffolk Place Parson's Row
The number of premises inspected under this head was 901,
and in 551 of the houses sanitary defects were discovered.