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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 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE XV.
Summary of Nuisances Abated, Notices Served and General Work of Public Health Department, 1904.
| Sanitary Inspectors' Districts. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary's and Dockyard. | River. | Herbert. | Central and Glyndon. | St. Margaret's and part of St. Nicholas. | St. Nicholas, | Burrage. | Eltham and St. George's. | Total. | |
| PREMISES INSPECTED. | |||||||||
| No. of Houses inspected, house to house | 644 | 732 | 882 | 801 | 857 | 974 | 705 | 1009 | 6,604 |
| „ Re-inspections after service of notice | 1760 | 2250 | 1864 | 1980 | 2005 | 2090 | 1860 | 1900 | 15,709 |
| ,, Houses and premises specially inspected, including | 1685 | 970 | 483 | 1091 | 1179 | 1024 | 737 | 504 | 7,673 |
| infectious diseases and complaints | |||||||||
| „ Houses where drains have been tested by smoke test | 55 | 30 | 25 | 27 | 20 | 49 | 15 | 12 | 233 |
| ,, Houses where drains have been tested by water test | 57 | 51 | 48 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 237 |
| „ New houses inspected for Water Certificates. | 6 | 32 | 3 | 7 | 123 | 110 | 6 | 131 | 418 |
| NUISANCES ABATED-DRAINS. | |||||||||
| Waste pipes from baths, lavatories and wash-house sinks | 80 | 58 | 24 | 61 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 18 | 311 |
| repaired or disconnected | |||||||||
| Choked and defective drains | 91 | 133 | 40 | 89 | 91 | 29 | 31 | 69 | 573 |
| Defective traps | 51 | 47 | 16 | 83 | 26 | 32 | 6 | 23 | 284 |
| Defective and unventilated soil pipes | 55 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 97 |
| Cesspools abolished | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| W.C.'s. | |||||||||
| W.C.'s repaired, new traps or pans provided, fittings | 164 | 179 | 53 | 62 | 40 | 39 | 64 | 108 | 709 |
| repaired | |||||||||
| Water supply apparatus repaired | 95 | 93 | 116 | 97 | 116 | 132 | 62 | 78 | 789 |
| Foul pans cleansed | 10 | 38 | 31 | 29 | 35 | 53 | 29 | 6 | 231 |
| Additional w.c.'s provided to Factories and Workshops, &c | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Do. do. Dwelling houses | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| PREMISES. | |||||||||
| Underground Rooms not in accordance with Act | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 6 |
| Interiors cleansed and defective roofs repaired | 339 | 439 | 167 | 350 | 258 | 463 | 271 | 630 | 2,917 |
| Damp walls remedied | 36 | 55 | 55 | 143 | 148 | 59 | 46 | 128 | 670 |
| Paving in yards and wash houses repaired | 92 | 127 | 95 | 225 | 121 | 89 | 52 | 84 | 885 |
| Through ventilation provided | 17 | 5 | 30 | 37 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 23 | 138 |
| Wash-houses without sinks and outlets for waste water | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 5 | 20 |
| Defective guttering and rain water pipes | 49 | 72 | 43 | 106 | 80 | 112 | 19 | 42 | 523 |
| Dustbins supplied | 105 | 110 | 59 | 128 | 79 | 95 | 52 | 51 | 679 |
| Dung pits provided | 2 | 3 | - | 5 | 4 | - | - | - | 14 |
| Cases of overcrowding remedied | 7 | 35 | 11 | 17 | 33 | 18 | 5 | 52 | 178 |
| Deficient light-windows supplied, or enlarged, or other | 43 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 36 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 138 |
| works | |||||||||
| Dampness in premises from defective water pipes | 6 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 2 | 59 | 4 | 7 | 118 |
| ANIMALS. | |||||||||
| Animals kept in such a state as to be a nuisance | - | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 34 |
| Accumulations of manure removed | 4 | 31 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 94 |
| WATER. | |||||||||
| Defective and foul cisterns used for dietary purposes | 11 | 16 | 3 | - | 41 | 14 | - | 16 | 101 |
| Defective and foul rain water tanks remedied | 8 | - | 4 | 14 | 1 | - | 8 | - | 35 |
| Insufficient supply and water cut of! by Water Company | 8 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 73 |
| No. of observations made of chimneys in connection with | 25 | 46 | 30 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 136 |
| smoke nuisances | |||||||||
| No. of smoke nuisances observed | 3 | 9 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 29 | |
| Tents, vans, etc., inspected | - | - | - | - | 2 | 16 | - | 20 | 38 |
| Notices served with respect to Tents and Vans | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 12 | 14 |
| Inspections of Urinals accessible to the public | 33 | 82 | 52 | 65 | 86 | 94 | 70 | 16 | 498 |
N.B.—For the most part the figures above give the nuisances found in each ward, but in certain cases—e.g., smoke
observation, they shew the work of the Ward Inspector, outside as well as inside his special district.