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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15, Kate's Place, North Woolwich.
16, ditto ditto
18, Anglesea Road, Woolwich.
19, Barnfield Road, Plumstead.
73, St. Mary Street, Woolwich.
21, Beresford Street, Woolwich.
5, Walpole Place, Woolwich.
No. 1, Stanley House, 18, Anglesea Road, and 19, Barnfield
Road, were underground rooms, and were dealt with
under Section 17 (7), Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act,
the rest being dealt with under Section 17 (2).
The houses in Kate's Place have been thoroughly
renovated, and new floors provided.
The following premises were demolished under the Housing,
Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909, during the year 1911:—
1, Elizabeth Place, High Street, Woolwich.
2, ditto ditto
3, ditto ditto
4, ditto ditto
5, ditto ditto
6, ditto ditto
5, Cock Yard, Woolwich.
6, ditto ditto
In the 1909 Report statistics were given as to the health of
persons living in new and old houses in North Woolwich, and
reasons were adduced for believing that the better health of
the inhabitants of the newer houses was due to these having
concreted sites, instead of being unprotected from earth damp
like the older houses.