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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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Nuisances—Medical Officer's Inspections 107
Overcrowding 107
Smoke Nuisance 107
Defective Light 108
Verminous Rooms 108
Dust Removal—Collection, Cost of 108
Trade Refuse—Offensive and Inoffensive 110
Housing of the Working Classes—
Houses represented as Unfit for Habitation 111
North Woolwich—Vital Statistics 113
High Street Flats Area 114
North Woolwich—Dock Extension—Demolition and
Displacement 115
Council's Houses 117
Houses Registered under the By-laws—Existing By-laws and
proposed new By-laws. 118
Inspections made 119
Inhabited House Duty 120
Common Lodging-houses 120
Underground Rooms 120
Factories and Workshops—Inspections—Outworkers 121
Bakehouses 121
Ice-cream Shops 121
By-laws—Fried Fish Vendors and Fish Curers 122
Disinfection, Disinfectants 125
Health Shelter 126
Mortuaries 126
Cemeteries 126
Cleansing of Verminous Persons—Cleansing School Children 127
Public Baths—Lavatories and Cleanliness 128
Tents, Vans and Sheds 129
Notices and Prosecutions under Public Health (London) Act 129
Bacteriological Examinations 129
Infant Consultation 130
Maternity and Child Welfare 130
Women Sanitary Inspectors' Work—
Miss Middlebrooke's Report 133
Miss FitzGerald's Report 136
Public Ambulance 139
Public Health Staff 140