London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Woolwich 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

This page requires JavaScript

113
6, 8, Stanley House;
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, Kate's Place;
2, 3, 4, New Street.
With regard to Nos. 1, Walpole Place, and 23, Barnfield
Road, the necessary works were done by the owners to render
these houses fit for human habitation without Closing Orders
being made.
Nos. 11 and 13, Meetinghouse Lane, have been demolished
by the Government for the extension of the Royal Arsenal.
Nos. 6 and 7, Rodney Street, and 6 and 8, Stanley House.—
The Closing Orders became operative and the necessary
works were carried out and the Closing Orders withdrawn.
The Closing Orders have become operative with respect
to Nos. 2, 3 and 4, New Street. Nothing has been done by
the owners, and there has been considerable trouble in
getting the tenants to comply with the Closing Orders.
Some persons are still occupying these houses. The question
of demolition will shortly be considered by the Council.
In the following cases Closing Orders were made in 1913,
and, nothing having been done to render the houses fit for
human habitation, the houses were demolished:—Nos. 7 and
8, New Street, 1 and 2, Globe Lane, and 2, Prospect House.
The Closing Order on No. 83, Church Street, Was withdrawn,
the work necessary having been completed.
The seven houses dealt with under Section 15 were Nos. 3
to 9, Kate's Place; the work was put in hand and completed
by the owner.
NORTH WOOLWICH—VITAL STATISTICS.
33. A report on the greatly improved health of this