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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 XVd . Proceedings during 1906.
| Premises. | Number of Places. | Number of Inspections, 1906. | Number of Notices, 1906. | Number of Prosecutions, 1906. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Register at end of 1905. | Added in 1906. | Removed in 1906. | On Register at end of 1906. | ||||
| Milk Premises | 186 | 21 | 57 | 150 | 300 | 0 | 0 |
| Cowsheds | 18 | - | 1 | 17 | 95 | 8 | 0 |
| Slaughter-houses | 11 | - | - | 11 | 105 | 6 | 0 |
| Ice Cream Premises | 87 | 19 | 38 | 68 | 224 | 8 | 0 |
| Registered Houses let in Lodgings | 265 | 48 | 6 | 307 | 520 | 46 | *4 |
| 270 | †4 | ||||||
* For overcrowding. +For other conditions.
Overcrowding, 1906—
Number of Dwelling Booms overcrowded 86
Number remedied 86
Underground Rooms —
Illegal occupation dealt with during year 2
Number of rooms closed 2
Insanitary Houses—
Number closed under the Housing of the Working Classes
Act 6
Number of Prosecutions under By-laws under Public Health Act, 1891—
With respect to water closets, earth closets, etc, 2
With respect to sufficiency of water supply to water closets 2
With respect to drainage, etc. (Metropolis Management
Act, section 202) 0
Mortuaries—
Total number of Bodies removed 162
Total number of Infectious Bodies removed 1
Inspections of premises where food is prepared for sale142
Number of Public Sanitary Conveniences removed or altered 0
Number of fixed ashpits removed 0
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