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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 1912

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE XVA.Summary of Nuisances Abated, Notices Served, and General Work of Public Health Department, 1912.

TABLE XVA.

Summary of Nuisances Abated, Notices Served, and General Work of Public Health Department, 1912.

St. Mary's and Dockyard.River.Burrage and Herbert.Central and St. Margaret's.St. Nicholas.Glyndon.Eltham.St. George's.Total.
PREMISES INSPECTED.
No. of Houses inspected, house to house758102076910188537362564205830
„ Re-inspections after service of Notice (estimated)17351815195419051710112371975011711
„ Houses and premises specially inspected, including infectious diseases and complaints10908611225106110434975233786678
„ Houses where drains have been tested by smoke test28285343169176200
„ Houses where drains have been tested by water test241543521685118
„ New Houses inspected for Water Certificates041217062086
NUISANCES ABATED-DRAINS.
Waste-pipe from baths, lavatories, and wash-house sinks, repaired or disconnected153016951191025175
Choked and defective drains4997773159264119399
Defective traps771447128463
Defective and unventilated soil pipes01206023335
W.C.'s.
W.C.'s repaired, new traps or pans provided4078571735753140373
Water supply apparatus repaired or renewed84735052121614036517
Foul pans cleansed3921246124202623238
Additional W.C.'s provided to Factories and Workshops, etc.000000000
Ditto dwelling houses000000000
PREMISES.
Underground rooms not in accordance with Act4620100013
Interiors cleansed and defective roofs repaired3224122961653012161952992206
Damp walls remedied651477443118333952571
Paving in yards and wash-houses repaired5762431861232542331
Improved ventilation provided62648172862
Wash-houses without sink and outlets for waste water00132000015
Defective guttering and rain-water pipes4925284768302638311
Dustbins supplied70115804878383749525
Dung pits provided005010006
Cases of overcrowding remedied191112122602991
Deficient light-windows supplied, or enlarged, or other works133140250744
Dampness in premises from defective water pipes25201514809697
ANIMALS.
Animals (including pigs) kept in such a state as to be a nuisance5031244221
Accumulations of manure removed321315655188102
WATER.
Defective and foul cisterns used for dietary purposes00244306055
Defective and foul rain-water tanks remedied302000207
Insufficient supply, and water cut off by Water Board0452307629
Additional water supply for two or more families400000116
MISCELLANEOUS.
No. of observations made of chimneys in connection with smoke nuisances1113304802380
No. of smoke nuisances observed00001300114
Tents, Vans, etc., inspected00021031034
Notices served with respect to tents and vans000000404
Inspection of Urinals accessible to the public8717738236684831442
Verminous rooms cleansed41991071921314214
Intimation notices served6476445282455522881982963398
Statutory „ „1053713840168413528592