Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich
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24. Table No. 15 below shows the various nuisances abated
during the year in the various wards of the Borough.
TABLE No. 15.
NUISANCES ABATED. | Sanitary Inspectors' Districts. | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St. Mary's and Dockyard. | River. | Herbert. | Central and St. Margaret's. | St. Nicholas. | Burrage and Glyndon | Eltham. | |St. George's. | Total. | |
Waste-pipe from baths, lavatories, and wash-house sinks, repaired or disconnected | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 37 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 112 |
Choked and defective drains | 28 | 53 | 41 | 32 | 68 | 19 | 44 | 7 | 292 |
Defective traps | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | 7 | .. | 13 |
Defective and unventilated soil pipes | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 8 |
W.G.'s repaired, new traps or pans provided | 30 | 25 | 33 | 29 | 36 | 44 | 34 | 29 | 360 |
Water supply apparatus repaired or renewed | 46 | 31 | 20 | 40 | 116 | 35 | 66 | 32 | 386 |
Foul pans cleansed | 6 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 113 |
Additional w.c.'s provided to Factories and Workshops, &c. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Additional w.c.'s provided to dwelling houses | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Underground rooms not in accordance with Act | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Interiors cleansed and defective roofs repaired | 175 | 245 | 238 | 158 | 321 | 336 | 313 | 363 | 2149 |
Damp walls remedied | 20 | 59 | 51 | 20 | 51 | 59 | 38 | 77 | 375 |
Paving in yards and wash-houses repaired | 12 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 37 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 132 |
Improved ventilation provided | .. | 12 | 2 | .. | 2 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 43 |
Wash-houses provided with sinks and outlets for waste water | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 6 |