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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 1901

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE VIII.— continued.SUMMARY OF WORK OF CHIEF INSPECTOR.

TABLE VIII.— continued.

SUMMARY OF WORK OF CHIEF INSPECTOR.

Premises Inspected1425
New Buildings Inspected176
Ditches Cleansed14
Defective Combined Drains Investigated and Reported upon52
Number of Houses referred to in such combined drains358
Cowhouses and Slaughterhouse inspections35
Complaints investigated123
Attendances at Police Court35
MISCELLANEOUS, INCLUDING WORK OF CHIEF INSPECTOR, DISTRICT INSPECTORS, AND CLERKS.
Number of cases of inattention to notices reported to Town Clerk for proceedings146
Summonses at Police Court124
Bakehouses inspected and cleansed twice during the year73
Number of houses disinfected after infectious disease687
Letters received3063
„ written3795
Notifications received705
Certificates issued after disinfection2075
„ of infectious disease forwarded to schools1815
Complaints of sanitary defects623
„ non-removal of dust160
Written intimation notices3795
Statutory notices981