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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
Woolwich 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE XV a.
Summary of Nuisances Abated, Notices Served, and General Work of Public Health Department, 1907.
| St. Mary's and Dockyard. | Sanitary Inspectors' Districts. | St. George's. | Total. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| River. | Herbert. | Central and St. Margaret's | St. Nicholas. | Burrage and Glyndon. | Eltham. | ||||
| PREMISES INSPECTED. | |||||||||
| No. of Houses inspected, house to house | 717 | 624 | 815 | 1095 | 919 | 929 | 451 | 542 | 6092 |
| „ Re-inspections after service of Notice (estimated) | 1580 | 2105 | 1690 | 2050 | 1655 | 2120 | 710 | 870 | 12780 |
| „ Houses and premises specially inspected, including infectious diseases and complaints | 2992 | 1426 | 437 | 1087 | 603 | 1262 | 523 | 243 | 8573 |
| „ Houses where drains have been tested by smoke test | 35 | 23 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 48 | 14 | 4 | 192 |
| „ Houses where drains have been tested by water test | 41 | 63 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 204 |
| „ New Houses inspected for Water Certificates | 3 | 19 | 4 | 41 | 68 | 7 | 58 | 1 | 201 |
| NUISANCES ABATED—DRAINS. | |||||||||
| Waste pipes from baths, lavatories, and wash-house sinks, repaired or disconnected | 28 | 45 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 177 |
| Choked and defective drains | 84 | 122 | 30 | 25 | 65 | 43 | 15 | 451 | |
| Defective traps | 22 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 109 |
| Defective and unventilated soil pipes | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | ||
| W.C.'s. | |||||||||
| W.C.'s repaired, new traps or pans provided, fittings repaired | 75 | 123 | 24 | 49 | 28 | 87 | 35 | 68 | 489 |
| Water supply apparatus repaired | 96 | 104 | 62 | 93 | 103 | 113 | 30 | 41 | 642 |
| Foul pans cleansed | 9 | 34 | 18 | 39 | 34 | 35 | 2 | 4 | 175 |
| Additional w.c.'s provided to Factories and Workshops, etc. | |||||||||
| Do. do. dwelling houses | |||||||||
| PREMISES. | |||||||||
| Underground rooms not in accordance with Act | |||||||||
| Interiors cleansed and defective roofs repaired | 312 | 339 | 193 | 297 | 249 | 500 | 161 | 142 | 2193 |
| Damp walls remedied | 42 | 36 | 34 | 107 | 22 | 71 | 31 | 26 | 369 |
| Paving in yards and wash-houses repaired | 63 | 69 | 46 | 59 | 40 | 109 | 61 | 65 | 512 |
| Improved ventilation provided | 25 | 13 | 8 | 33 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 117 | |
| Wash-houses without sink and outlets for waste water | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 18 | ||
| Defective guttering and rain-water pipes | 76 | 56 | 93 | 56 | 68 | 54 | 8 | 4 | 415 |
| Dustbins supplied | 81 | 109 | 51 | 105 | 95 | 133 | 55 | 46 | 675 |
| Dung pits provided | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | ||
| Cases of overcrowding remedied | 9 | 21 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 85 |
| Deficient light—windows supplied, or enlarged, or other works | 15 | 10 | 4 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 60 | ||
| Dampness in premises from defective water pipes | 25 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 112 |
| ANIMALS. | |||||||||
| Animals (including pigs) kept in such a state as to be a nuisance | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 26 |
| Accumulations of manure removed | 8 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 70 |
| WATER. | |||||||||
| Defective and foul cisterns used for dietary purposes | 6 | 23 | 2 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 77 | |
| Defective and foul rain-water tanks remedied | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |||||
| Insufficient supply, and water cut off by Water Board | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 53 | |
| MISCELLANEOUS. | |||||||||
| No. of observations made of chimneys in connection with smoke nuisances | 4 | 23 | 59 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 106 | |
| No. of smoke nuisances observed | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |||||
| Tents, Vans, etc., inspected | 1 | 8 | 13 | 80 | 102 | ||||
| Notices served with respect to tents and vans | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Inspection of Urinals accessible to the public | 1 | 155 | 60 | 140 | 101 | 97 | 36 | 16 | 606 |
| Verminous rooms cleansed | 2 | 23 | 10 | 33 | 26 | 20 | 34 | 148 | |
| Intimation notices served | 518 | 498 | 292 | 508 | 449 | 515 | 256 | 266 | 3302 |
| Statutory „ „ | 53 | 63 | 33 | 173 | 109 | 66 | 30 | 26 | 553 |
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