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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 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE XV b.

TABLE XV b.

SUMMARY OF WORK OF CHIEF INSPECTOR.
Premises Inspected1275
New Buildings Inspected23
Defective Combined Drains Investigated and Reported on22
Number of Houses referred to in such Combined Drains121
Cow-houses and Slaughter-houses Inspections40
Complaints Investigated157
Attendances at Police Court11
MISCELLANEOUS, INCLUDING WORK OF CHIEF INSPECTOR,
DISTRICT INSPECTORS, AND CLERKS.
Number of Cases of Inattention to Notices reported to Town Clerk for proceedings68
Summonses at Police Court21
Bake-houses Inspected and Cleansed twice during the year51
Number of Houses Disinfected after Infectious Disease1408
Letters written5416
Notifications received1804
Certificates issued after Disinfection1990
„ of Infectious Disease forwarded to Schools2006
Complaints of Sanitary Defects ..497
,, of Non-removal of Dust, viz.—
Woolwich18
Plumstead7
Eltham3
Written Intimation Notices2991
Statutory Notices550