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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 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: T able XV.— continued.SUMMARY OP WORK OF CHIEF INSPECTOR.

T able XV.— continued.

SUMMARY OP WORK OF CHIEF INSPECTOR.

Premises Inspected1326
New Buildings Inspected196
Ditches Cleansed12
Defective Combined Drains Investigated and Reported on29
Number of Houses referred to in such Combined Drains145
Cowhouses and Slaughterhouses Inspections34
Complaints Investigated120
Attendances at Police Court27
MISCELLANEOUS, INCLUDING WORK OF CHIEF INSPECTOR, DISTRICT INSPECTORS, and CLERKS.
Number of Cases of Inattention to Notices reported to Town Clerk for Proceedings73
Summonses at Police Court, after Inattention to Town Clerk's letter14
Outworkers—Inspections, 294; Nuisances found40
Bakehouses Inspected and Cleansed twice during year73
Number of Houses Disinfected after Infectious Disease945
Letters Received4036
„ Written3294
Notifications Received1835
Certificates Issued after Disinfection2065
„ of Infectious Disease forwarded to Schools
Complaints of Sanitary Defects458
„ of Non-removal of Dust, viz.:—
Woolwich35
Plumstead60
Eltham82
Smoke Nuisance—Observations105
Written Intimation Notices3242
Statutory Notices764