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 XV D. Proceedings during 1905.
Premises. | Number of Places. | Number of inspections, 1905. | Number of notices, 1905. | Number of Prosecutions, 1905. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
On Register at end of 1904. | Added in 1905. | Removed in 1905. | On Register at end of 1905. | ||||
Milk Premises | 196 | 24 | 34 | 186 | 305 | 29 | 1 |
Cowsheds | 18 | — | — | 18 | 72 | 11 | 1 |
Slaughter-houses | 11 | — | — | 11 | 66 | 3 | — |
Ice Cream premises | 83 | 5 | 1 | 87 | 212 | 8 | - |
Registered Houses let in Lodgings | 235 | 41 | 11 | 265 | 594 | *49 †271 | † 1 |
* For overcrowding. † For other conditions.
Overcrowding, 1905—
Number of Dwelling Rooms overcrowded 154
Number remedied 154
Underground Rooms—
Illegal occupation dealt with during year 3
Number of rooms closed 2
Insanitary Houses—
Number closed under the Housing of the Working Classes
Act 5
Number of Prosecutions under By-laws under Public Health Act, 1891—
With respect to water closets, earth closets, etc. . 1
With respect to sufficiency of water supply to water closets 1
With respect to drainage, etc. (Metropolis Management
Act, section 202)
Mortuaries—
Total number of Bodies removed 170
Total number of Infectious Bodies removed
Inspections of premises where food is prepared for sale 56
Number of Public Sanitary Conveniences removed or altered 9
Number of fixed ashpits removed 6