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 VIII.
Summary of Nuisances abated, Notices served, and General Work of the Public Health Department for the 12 months ended 31st December, 1901.
| Sanitary Inspectors' Districts. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary's and Dockyard. | River. | St. George's. | Central and Glyndon. | St. Margaret's and Herbert. | St. Nicholas. | Burrage. | Eltham. | Total. | |
| PREMISES INSPECTED. | |||||||||
| No. of Houses inspected, house to house | 496 | 465 | 656 | 1023 | 694 | 562 | 421 | 480 | 4797 |
| „ Re-inspections after service of notice | 1507 | 1465 | 1406 | 1365 | 1476 | 1295 | 1010 | 1936 | 11460 |
| „ Houses and Premises specially inspected, including infectious diseases and complaints | 727 | 978 | 725 | 936 | 1304 | 769 | 852 | 832 | 7123 |
| „ Houses where drains have been tested by smoke test | 50 | 34 | 12 | 38 | 31 | 23 | 17 | 37 | 242 |
| „ Houses where drains have been tested by water | 110 | 57 | 6 | 12 | 45 | 15 | 29 | 59 | 233 |
| „ Observations made with regard to smoke nuisances | 18 | 109 | .. | .. | 6 | 10 | 5 | .. | 148 |
| „ New Houses inspected for Certificates | .. | 55 | 12 | 52 | 304 | 240 | .. | 455 | 1118 |
| NUISANCES ABATED-Drains. | |||||||||
| Waste pipes from baths, lavatories and wash-house sinks, | |||||||||
| repaired or disconnected | 83 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 29 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 187 |
| Choked and defective drains | 205 | 202 | 33 | 38 | 143 | 32 | 37 | 148 | 838 |
| Defective traps | 56 | 40 | 20 | 19 | 17 | .. | 8 | 42 | 202 |
| Defective and unventilated soil pipes | 41 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 127 |
| W.C.'s. | |||||||||
| W.C.'s repaired, new traps or pans provided, fittings repaired | 259 | 232 | 107 | 94 | 101 | 7 | 73 | 161 | 1034 |
| Water supply apparatus repaired | 124 | 138 | 128 | 102 | 108 | 91 | 70 | 69 | 830 |
| Foul pans cleansed | 20 | 34 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 54 |