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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE XV a.
Summary of Nuisances Abated, Notices Served, and General Work of Public Health Department, 1908.
| Sanitary Inspectors' Districts. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary's and Dockyard. | River. | Herbert. | Central and St. Margaret's. | St. Nicholas. | Burrage and Glyndon. | Eltham. | St. George's. | Total. | |
| PREMISES INSPECTHED. | |||||||||
| No. of Houses inspected, house to house | 723 | 501 | 578 | 911 | 894 | 984 | 112 | 681 | 5384 |
| „ Re-inspections after service of Notice (estimated) | 1504 | 1978 | 1050 | 2035 | 1754 | 2133 | 655 | 864 | 11973 |
| „ Houses and premises specially inspected, including infectious diseases and complaints | 1258 | 1624 | 321 | 1050 | 1298 | 1183 | 612 | 253 | 7600 |
| „ Houses where drains have been tested by smoke test | 36 | 32 | 15 | 28 | 49 | 38 | 13 | 10 | 221 |
| „ Houses where drains have been tested by water test | 29 | 28 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 100 |
| „ New Houses inspected for Water Certificates | 13 | 16 | 5 | 48 | 44 | 2 | 51 | - | 179 |
| NUISANCES ABATED—DRAINS. | |||||||||
| Waste pipes from baths, lavatories, and wash-house sinks, repaired or disconnected | 36 | 40 | 15 | 23 | 18 | 28 | 5 | 7 | 172 |
| Choked and defective drains | 62 | 70 | 19 | 61 | 39 | 62 | 36 | 22 | 371 |
| Defective traps | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 18 | - | 3 | 61 |
| Defective and unventilated soil pipes | - | 7 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 22 |
| W.C.'s. | |||||||||
| W.C.'s repaired, new traps or pans provided, fittings repaired | 123 | 106 | 17 | 42 | 12 | 68 | 26 | 46 | 440 |
| Water supply apparatus repaired | 94 | 74 | 42 | 72 | 87 | 87 | 13 | 35 | 504 |
| Foul pans cleansed | 17 | 44 | 12 | 34 | 48 | 27 | 2 | 9 | 193 |
| Additional w.c.'s provided to Factories and Workshops, etc. | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Do. do. dwelling houses | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| PREMISES. | |||||||||
| Underground rooms not in accordance with Act | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Interiors cleansed and defective roofs repaired | 392 | 283 | 140 | 216 | 201 | 472 | 55 | 267 | 2026 |
| Damp walls remedied | 51 | 39 | 21 | 83 | 10 | 80 | 10 | 74 | 308 |
| Paving in yards and wash-houses repaired | 89 | 52 | 33 | 41 | 37 | 55 | 19 | 34 | 360 |
| Improved ventilation provided | 31 | 9 | 3 | 42 | 73 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 187 |
| Wash-houses without sink and outlets for waste water | 3 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | 11 |
| Defective guttering and rain-water pipes | 69 | 56 | 48 | 30 | 63 | 57 | 7 | 18 | 348 |
| Dustbins supplied | 84 | 107 | 39 | 104 | 82 | 105 | 20 | 71 | 612 |
| Dung pits provided | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 8 |
| Cases of overcrowding remedied | 16 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 72 |
| Deficient light—windows supplied, or enlarged, or other works | 51 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 119 |
| Dampness in premises from defective water pipes | 51 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 140 |
| ANIMALS. | |||||||||
| Animals (including pigs) kept in such a state as to be a nuisance | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | - | 18 |
| Accumulations of manure removed | 12 | 44 | - | 8 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 88 |
| WATER. | |||||||||
| Defective and foul cisterns used for dietary purposes | - | 9 | l | 26 | 31 | - | - | - | 67 |
| Defective and foul rain-water tanks remedied | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 7 | - | - | 11 |
| Insufficient supply, and water cut off by Water Board | 8 | 11 | - | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | - | 40 |
| Additional water supply for two or more families | 11 | 10 | — | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 25 |
| MISCELLANEOUS. | |||||||||
| No. of observations made of chimneys in connection with smoke nuisances | 17 | 25 | 21 | 8 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 75 |
| No. of smoke nuisances observed | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | 8 |
| Tents, Vans, etc., inspected | - | - | - | 8 | - | 18 | - | 26 | |
| Notices served with respect to tents and vans | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Inspection of Urinals accessible to the public | 90 | 110 | 74 | 125 | 118 | 102 | 9 | 4 | 632 |
| Verminous rooms cleansed | 41 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 62 | 34 | 7 | 22 | 183 |
| Intimation notices served | 723 | 364 | 170 | 406 | 442 | 628 | 90 | 290 | 3113 |
| Statutory | 97 | 61 | 22 | 112 | 77 | 82 | 23 | 25 | 499 |