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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The following is a summary of Miss Middlebrooke's work
for the twelve months:—
Women's Lavatories at Railway Stations, &c.
Number of Inspections 56
„ Found defective and dirty 7
Restaurants and Eating-Houses.
Number of Inspections 92
,, Defects and dirty conditions found and
remedied 17
Factories and Workshops.
Number of Inspections of Factories and Workshops 218
„ Notices served 16
,, New workrooms measured 31
Homeworkers' Premises.
Number of Inspections 529
„ Cases referred to District Inspectors 18
Miscellaneous.
Total number of houses visited re Phthisis, Measles,
Scabies, Whooping-cough, and Zymotic Enteritis 86
Visits paid for various causes, complaints, etc 410
„ „ Verminous and dirty houses and bedding 923
Re-visits—estimated 1000
Cases where bedding was found to be in a dirty and
verminous condition, and cleansed 320
Total number of cases referred to District Inspectors 165
„ Dustbins—notices served 32
„ Accumulations of refuse removed 15
„ Early morning inspections 7
„ Overcrowding—cases found and abated 37
Notices served on tenants re dirty conditions 225
Notices served on landlords and tenants—various 130
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