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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 XVII.
Prosecutions under the Public Health and Housing of the Working Classes Act.
| No. | Date of Final Hearing. | Offence. | Situation. | Result. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 | ||||
| 1 | July 4 | Occupation of house without Water Certificate | 1, Camrose Street | Fined £3 and 2s. costs. |
| 2 | 12 | Dilapidated floor and defective roof | 31, Ogilby Street | Fined £2 and 2s. costs. |
| 3 | 12 | Failing to cleanse walls | do. | Fined £3 and 5s. per day for 12 days, and £3 and 3s. |
| 4 | Sept. 13 | Overcrowding of Registered House | 1, High Street, Woolwich | 2s. costs. |
| 5 | 13 | do. | 138 do. do. | 2s. costs. |
| 6 | 13 | do. | 1 do. do. | Fined £1 and 2s. costs. |
| 7 | Oct. 23 | Insufficient supply of water to | 7, Rodney Street | 2s. costs. |
| 8 | 23 | Sanitary defects and verminous condition | 5, Bowater Road | Order to abate in 28 days; fined £5 and 23s. costs. |
| 9 | Nov. 8 | Overcrowding | 18, Bastion Road | Adjourned for 1 week subject to 2s. costs being paid. |
| 10 | 16 | Defective flushing apparatus to upper w.c. | 18, Vicarage Road | Fined £2 and 10s. 6d. costs. |
| 11 | 16 | Leaky roof over upper w.c. | do. | 23s. costs. |