London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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Nuisances—Medical Officer's Inspections 101
Overcrowding 102
Smoke Nuisance 102
Defective Light 102
Verminous Rooms 103
Dust Removal—Collection, Cost of 103
Trade Refuse—Offensive and Inoffensive 103
Housing of the Working Classes—
Houses represented as Unfit for Habitation 104
North Woolwich—Vital Statistics 107
High Street Flats Area 107
North Woolwich—Dock Extension—Demolition and
Displacement 112
Council's Houses 113
Houses Registered under the By-laws —Existing By-laws and
proposed new By-laws 113
Inspections made 114
Inhabited House Duty 115
Common Lodging-houses 115
Underground Rooms 116
Factories and Workshops—Inspections—Outworkers 116
Bakehouses 116
Ice cream Shops 117
Disinfection, Disinfectants 117
Health Shelter 118
Mortuaries 118
Cemeteries 119
Cleansing of Verminous Persons—Cleansing School Children 119
Public Baths—Lavatories and Cleanliness 120
Tents, Vans and Sheds 123
Notices and Prosecutions under Public Health (London) Act 123
Bacteriological Examinations 123
Infant Consultation 123
Women Sanitary Inspectors' Work—
Miss Middlebrooke's Report 124
Miss FitzGerald's Report 128
Prevention of Caries and Preservation of Teeth 132
Public Ambulance 137
National Insurance Act 138
Public Health Staff 139