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 Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 27. Inspections.
Housing Survey—Houses Inspected | 3,820 |
Complaints Investigated | 2,102 |
Outworkers' Premises | 820 |
Houses Let in Lodgings | 198 |
Homes re Verminous Cases | 785 |
Homes re Scabies Cases | 153 |
Overcrowding Investigated—Rooms | 92 |
Underground Rooms Illegally Occupied | 5 |
Drainage Inspections | 557 |
Drains tested by Smoke Test | 92 |
Drains Tested by Water Test | 21 |
New Houses | 749 |
Tents and Vans | 11 |
Factories | 187 |
Workshops | 548 |
Workplaces | 43 |
Theatres and Cinemas | 25 |
Rag and Bone Premises | 16 |
Urinals Accessible to the Public | 318 |
Women's Lavatories | 408 |
Smoke Observations | 332 |
Special Inspections re Rats | 126 |
Inspections re Mosquitoes | 36 |
Miscellaneous (Unclassified) | 1,799 |
Re-inspections | 10,273 |
TABLE No. 28. Nuisances Abated.
Cleansing- | |
Interiors Cleansed | 1,423 |
Rooms Cleansed | 3,105 |