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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 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE IX.SUMMARY OF WORK OF CHIEF INSPECTOR.

TABLE IX.

SUMMARY OF WORK OF CHIEF INSPECTOR.

Premises Inspected1215
New Buildings Inspected47
Defective Combined Drains Investigated and reported on20
Number of Houses referred to in such Combined Drains143
Cow-houses and Slaughter-houses Inspections33
Complaints Investigated153
Attendances at Police Courts51

Table: MISCELLANEOUS, INCLUDING WORK OF CHIEF INSPECTOR, DISTRICT INSPECTORS, AND CLERKS.

MISCELLANEOUS, INCLUDING WORK OF CHIEF INSPECTOR, DISTRICT INSPECTORS, AND CLERKS.

Plans submitted for Repairs to Drains42
Number of Cases of Inattention to Notices reported to Town Clerk for Proceedings106
Summonses at Police Courts under P.H.L.A. and H.T.P.A.28
Bakehouses Inspected and Cleansed twice during the Year72
Number of Houses Disinfected after Infectious Disease1252
Letters Written5859
Notifications received3464
Certificates Issued after Disinfection1771
„ of Infectious Disease forwarded to Schools1162
Complaints of Sanitary Defects614
„ of Non-removal of Dust, viz. :—
Woolwich11
Plumstead21
Eltham11
43