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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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TABLE XV B.
SUMMARY OF WORK OF CHIEF INSPECTOR.
| Premises Inspected | 1240 |
| New Buildings Inspected | 27 |
| Defective Combined Drains Investigated and Reported on | 7 |
| Number of Houses referred to in such Combined Drains | 57 |
| Cow-houses and Slaughter-houses Inspections | 29 |
| Complaints Investigated | 143 |
| Attendances at Police Courts | 27 |
MISCELLANEOUS, INCLUDING WORK OF CHIEF INSPECTOR,
DISTRICT INSPECTORS, AND CLERKS.
Number of Cases of Inattention to Notices reported to Town
Clerk for proceedings 79
Summonses at Police Courts 5
Bake-houses Inspected and Cleansed twice during the year 40
Number of Houses Disinfected after Infectious Disease 1278
Letters written 4062
Notifications received 3008
Certificates issued after Disinfection 1268
,, of Infectious Disease forwarded to Schools 1831
Complaints of Sanitary Defects 441
,, of Non-removal of Dust, viz:—
Woolwich 1
Plumstead 12
Eltham 25