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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summonses were taken out for failure to comply with the
Magistrate's Orders. In Table No. 29 will be found a tabular
statement of the type of nuisances abated during the year.
TABLE No. 28.
Inspections.
Housing Survey—Houses Inspected | 1,883 |
Complaints Investigated | 2,277 |
Outworkers' Premises | 756 |
Houses Let in Lodgings | 49 |
Houses re Infectious Disease | 1,485 |
Houses re Smallpox Contacts | 1,333 |
Houses re Verminous Cases | 1,092 |
Houses re Scabies Cases | 215 |
Houses re Other Diseases | 204 |
Overcrowding Investigated—Rooms | 77 |
Underground Rooms Illegally Occupied | 5 |
Drainage Inspections | 1,008 |
Drains Tested by Smoke Test | 125 |
Drains Tested by Water Test | 3 |
New Houses | 698 |
Tents and Vans | 8 |
Factories | 179 |
Workshops | 735 |
Workplaces | 75 |
Theatres and Cinemas | 21 |
Rag and Bone Premises | 16 |
Urinals Accessible to the Public | 298 |
Women's Lavatories | 449 |
Smoke Observations | 158 |
Special Inspections re Rats | 215 |
Inspections re Mosquitoes | 39 |
Miscellaneous (Unclassified) | 1,684 |
Re-Inspections | 9,268 |