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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: The houses were situated as follows:-

The houses were situated as follows:-

River Ward, North22
do. South105
St. Mary's35
Dockyard67
St. George's57
Herbert4
Burrage25
St. Margaret's16
Central3
Glyndon18
St. Nicholas68

Table: The following are the particulars of the inspections made:

The following are the particulars of the inspections made:

Houses Let in Lodgings.
Total number on register420
Number of inspections576
,, found unsatisfactory365
,, found satisfactory211
„ of notices served259
,, of nuisances, defects and offences against the by-laws, dealt with and remedied347
,, of cases of overcrowding remedied by redistribution without notice14
,, of houses measured5
Notices.
On Owners for Cleansing (under P.H.L. Act)140
On Tenants for Cleansing (under By-laws)55
On Landlords for Overcrowding11
On Tenants for Overcrowding14
On Landlords and Tenants for other defects95
On Landlords and Tenants for Verminous Rooms24
Verbal Notices on Tenants for Cleansing—carried out81