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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 XI. Proceedings during 1915.
| Premises. | Number of Places. | Number of Inspections. | Number of Notices. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Register at end of 1914. | Added in 1915. | Removed in 1915. | On Register at end of 1915. | |||||
| Milk Premises | 109 | 6 | 10 | 105 | 171 | 16 | — | |
| Cowsheds | 10 | — | — | 16 | 54 | 6 | — | |
| Slaughter-houses | 10 | — | — | 10 | 40 | 5 | — | |
| Ice Cream Premises | 83 | 5 | 1 | 87 | 124 | 6 | — | |
| Registered Houses let in Lodgings | 418 | 5 | 3 | 420 | 576 | 259 | 2 | |
Overcrowding—
Number of Dwelling Rooms overcrowded 97
Number remedied 97
Underground Rooms—
Illegal occupation dealt with during year 9
Number of rooms closed 5
Insanitary Houses—
Number closed under the Housing-Town Planning,
etc., Act 9
Number of Prosecutions under By-Laws under Public Health
Act, 1891 2
Mortuaries—
Total number of Bodies received 280
Total number of Infectious Bodies received 1
Inspections of Premises where Food is Prepared for Sale 131
Number of Public Sanitary Conveniences Removed or Altered. —
Number of Fixed Ashpits Removed —