Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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The houses were situated as follows:-
River Ward, North | 22 |
do. South | 105 |
St. Mary's | 35 |
Dockyard | 67 |
St. George's | 57 |
Herbert | 4 |
Burrage | 25 |
St. Margaret's | 16 |
Central | 3 |
Glyndon | 18 |
St. Nicholas | 68 |
The following are the particulars of the inspections made:
Total number on register | 420 |
Number of inspections | 576 |
,, found unsatisfactory | 365 |
,, found satisfactory | 211 |
„ of notices served | 259 |
,, of nuisances, defects and offences against the by-laws, dealt with and remedied | 347 |
,, of cases of overcrowding remedied by redistribution without notice | 14 |
,, of houses measured | 5 |
On Owners for Cleansing (under P.H.L. Act) | 140 |
On Tenants for Cleansing (under By-laws) | 55 |
On Landlords for Overcrowding | 11 |
On Tenants for Overcrowding | 14 |
On Landlords and Tenants for other defects | 95 |
On Landlords and Tenants for Verminous Rooms | 24 |
Verbal Notices on Tenants for Cleansing—carried out | 81 |