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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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33. These houses were inspected, some quarterly, others
half-yearly, or yearly. S31 inspections were made in all, and
360 notices were served.
The registered houses were under the care of Inspector
Shaw. The duties consist largely in educating house wive6
in keeping their homes clean, and can therefore be best
performed by a woman inspector, but unfortunately there is
none available.
The houses were situated as follows:—
| River Ward, North | 34 | |
| do. South | 106 | |
| St. Mary's | 37 | |
| Dockyard | 69 | |
| St. George'6 | 56 | |
| Herbert | 4 | |
| Burrage | 24 | |
| St. Margaret's | 16 | |
| Central | 3 | |
| Glyndon | 18 | |
| St. Nicholas | 65 | |
| The following are the particulars of the inspections made: Houses Let in Lodgings. | ||
| Total number on register | 432 | |
| Number of houses inspected | 531 | |
| „ found unsatisfactory | 433 | |
| ,, found satisfactory | 98 | |
| ,, of notices served | 360 | |
| ,, of nuisances, defects and offences against the by-laws, dealt with and remedied | 561 | |
| ,, of cases of overcrowding remedied by redis | ||
| tribution without notice | 9 | |
| ,, of houses measured | 10 | |