Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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Summary of Nuisances Detected and
Work done during the year 1908.
Number of Inspections, 2,592.
House to House 901
Complaints 142
Infectious Disease 246
Workshops, &c. 123
Miscellaneous 1,180
Re-inspections of all kinds 3,371
Preliminary notices served 869
Statutory notices served 105
Drains, main choked 87
„ tested „ 131
„ branch defective 55
,, „ choked 123
Water closet, defective flushing apparatus 337
„ defective connections 152
„ defective and dirty walls, floors, etc. 52
Insufficient water supply to houses 49
Dustbins, none 134
„ dilapidated 174
Sink waste pipes stopped and defective 81
Yard gullies defective and choked 40
Walls stripped after cases of Scarlet Fever 58
Eaves guttering and downspouts defective and choked 166
Draw taps a nd service pipes defective 64