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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 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE XV.Summary of Nuisances Abated, Notices Served and General Work of Public Health Department, 1906.

TABLE XV.

Summary of Nuisances Abated, Notices Served and General Work of Public Health Department, 1906.

St. Mary's and Dockyard.River.Herbert.Central and St. Margaret'sSt. Nicholas.Burrage and Glyndon.Eltham.St. Georges.Total.
PREMISES INSPECTED.
No. of Houses inspected, house to house5625295629016935704064864709
„ Re-inspections after service of notice estimated15752173196021161995216077593513689
„ Houses and premises specially inspected, including infectious diseases and complaints.2363143483614741571169362030010291
„ Houses where drains have been tested by smoke test434825272427189221
„ Houses where drains have been tested by water test463120247206512225
„ New houses inspected for Water Certificates.10101883104...67...292
NUISANCES ABATED—DRAINS.
Waste pipes from baths, lavatories, and wash-house sinks, repaired or disconnected294611301911320169
Choked and defective drains75138288742834955557
Defective traps.23231622410226126
Defective and unventilated soil pipes27413417846
W.C.'s
W.C.'s repaired, new traps or pans provided, fittings repaired9913251423681747405
Water supply apparatus repaired82825411081672129526
Foul pans cleansed6281437382728160
Additional W.C.'s provided to Factories and Workshops, etc................1......1
Do. do. dwelling houses..................5...5
PREMISES.
Underground rooms not in accordance with Act...2..................2
Interiors cleansed and defective roofs repaired3604011252222812961322492066
Damp walls remedied3846188218193630287
Paving in yards and wash-houses repaired8267367047376837444
Improved ventilation provided382873894...5129
Wash-houses without sinks and outlets for waste water631......3......13
Defective guttering and rain-water pipes7360774561271410367
Dustbins6891338268555645498
Dung pits provided.171...3......12
Cases of overcrowding remedied111361516126786
Deficient light—windows supplied, or enlarged, or other works3021211...1911397
Dampness in premises from defective water pipes...61429321921195
ANIMALS.
Animals (including pigs) kept in such a state as to be a nuisance1534522123
Accumulations of manure removed531624126167
WATER.
Defective and foul cisterns used for dietary purposes2912512......251
Defective and foul rain-water tanks remedied212......3...8
Insufficient supply, and water cut off by Water Company142441...72658
MISCELLANEOUS.
No. of observations made of chimneys in connection with smoke nuisances...15602...2......79
No. of smoke nuisances observed...291............12
Tents, Vans, etc., inspected.........34...15...22
Notices served with respect to tents and vans...........................
Inspection of Urinals accessible to the public6514570156647035 i12617
Verminous rooms cleansed619...59219114156
Intimation notices served4634562674254384702601232902
Statutory „ „73614288130292722472