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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 1919
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich
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25. The total number of intimation notices served was 2,470,
as compared with 2,308 in 1918. It was found necessary to serve
846 statutory notices, as compared with 810 in 1918. The number
of cases reported to the Town Clerk for legal proceedings
was 79; 7 summonses were taken out, the necessary work in the
other cases being done.
26. The following table shows the number of summonses
taken out during the year, and the result of the proceedings :—
TABLE No. 16.
Prosecutions under the Public Health, Housing, Town Planning,
| No. | Date of Hearing. | Offence. | Situation. | Result. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1919 April 16 | Filthy and unwholesome top room, and an accumulation of offensive refuse | 38 Warwick Street | Order to abate in 7 days. 4/-costs |
| 2 | May 22 | Defective roof | 80 Bannockburn Road | £1 1s. 0d. costs |
| 3 | Dec. 4 | Dirty conditions and defective roof | 5 High Street, Plumstead | £1 1s. 0d. costs |
| 4 | „ 4 | No dustbin | Do. do. | 8/- costs |
| 5 | „ 4 | Defective w.c. apparatus | Do. do. | £1 1s. 0d. costs |
| 6 | „ 4 | Dirty conditions of house | 77 Tewson Road | £1 1s. 0d. costs |
| 7 | „ 31 | Dirty conditions of house | 6 Vicarage Road | Order to abate in 14 days. 11/-costs |
HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.
27. Detailed statistics with regard to the number of these on
the register are given in Table 20 on page 43, and with regard