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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Women Sanitary inspectors' Work.
52. The following is a summary of Miss Middlebrooke's
work for the twelve months:—
Houses Let in Lodgings.
Total number on register 359
Number of Inspections 720
Re-inspections (estimated) 1,800
,, Found satisfactory 151
,, Notices served 250
,, Nuisances, defects and offences against the
By-laws dealt with and remedied 884
,, Cases of overcrowding remedied by redistribution
without notice 8
,, Houses measured 47
„ Prosecutions 2
Notices.
On Landlords for Cleansing 162
,, Tenants for Cleansing 229
,, Landlords for Overcrowding 2
„ Tenants for Overcrowding 53
,, Landlords and Tenants for other defects 658
,, Landlords and Tenants for Verminous Rooms 67
Women's Lavatories at Railway Stations, &c.
Number of inspections 51
,, Pound defective and dirty 7
Restaurants and Eating Houses.
Number of inspections 85
,, Defects and dirty conditions found and
remedied 30