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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE 14.
| PREMISES INSPECTED. | Burrage. | Central. | Dockyard. | Eltham. | Glyndon. | Herbert. | River. | St. George's. | St. Margaret's. | St. Mary's. | St Nicholas. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milkshops | 8 | 2 | 15 | 38 | 22 | 11 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 165 |
| Bakehouses | 16 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 30 | .. | 4 | 7 | 14 | 133 |
| Cowhouses | 3 | .. | 1 | 36 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 43 |
| Ice-cream premises | 11 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 23 | 3 | 47 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 195 |
| Slaughterhouses | .. | 3 | 3 | 3 | .. | 5 | 9 | .. | .. | 4 | 7 | 34 |
| Premises where food is prepared | 9 | .. | 25 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 40 | 2 | .. | 13 | 14 | 129 |
| Shops and Market re Food (estimated) | 42 | 33 | .. | 74 | 37 | 35 | 714 | 13 | .. | 12 | 96 | 1056 |
| Factories, Workshops and Workplaces | 23 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 153 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 310 |
| Outworkers premises | 47 | 36 | 55 | 40 | 9 | 33 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 58 | 321 | |
| Homes re Verminous Cases | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .. | 10 | 5 | .. | 25 | 19 | 84 |
| Homes re Scabies Cases | 57 | 74 | 17 | 43 | 43 | 26 | 46 | 28 | 22 | 42 | 44 | 442 |
| Women's Lavatories | .. | .. | 12 | 11 | 16 | .. | 45 | .. | 6 | 7 | 5 | 102 |
| Smoke | .. | .. | 2 | 12 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 |
| Tents and Vans | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 7 | 19 |
| Urinals accessible to Public | 12 | 9 | 11 | 60 | 8 | 1 | 161 | 24 | 16 | 6 | .. | 308 |
| Animals so kept as to be a nuisance | 2 | 2 | .. | 68 | 3 | 4 | 4 | .. | 2 | 1 | "9 | 95 |
| House-to-House | 32 | 405 | 95 | 500 | 304 | 160 | 499 | 60 | 192 | 158 | 519 | 2930 |