London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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Voluntary Work in the Borough 75
Victory Club Welfare Centre 75
Woolwich Day Nursery 75
American Nursery 75
British Hospital for Mothers and Babies 76
Woolwich and Plumstead Maternity Home 76
Home for Ailing Babies 77
The Work of the Health Visitors 78
The Work of the Centres 79
The Needs of the Borough 80
Infectious Diseases 80
Puerperal Fever 80
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 81
Measles, Whooping Cough, and Poliomyelitis 81
Epidemic Diarrhœa 82
Administrative Measures 82
Sanitary Administration.
Sanitary Staff 83
Public Analyst 83
Bacteriological Examinations 83
Housing.
Population 84
Number of Houses 84
Shortage of Houses 84
Housing Scheme—Action to 31st December, 1919 88
Overcrowding 88
Extent 91
Causes 94
Fitness of Houses 95
Unhealthy Areas 96
Government Hutments and Houses 96
Details of House-to-House Inspection 96
River Ward 97
St. George's Ward 97
Glyndon Ward 97
Dockyard and St. Mary's Wards 98
St. Nicholas and Central Wards 98
Eltham Ward 99
Appendices 100