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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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That there is a deficiency of local power to grapple with
all the evils which exist, and therefore that I
sider the application of the Public Health Act
necessary.
The recommendation is:—
That the Public Health Act, 1848, should be applied to
the Parish of Woolwich, and that a Local Board of
Health should he established consisting of 21 persons,
15 to be elected by the Parish, and 6 by the Government
Authorities.
There is still much room for improvement in the sanitary
condition of Woolwich, but it is satisfactory to find how
far it has advanced since 1851.