London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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— continued.
| PREMISES INSPECTED. | Burrage. | Central. | Dockyard. | Eltham. | Glyndon. | Herbert. | River. | St. George's. | St. Margaret's. | St. Mary's. | St. Nicholas. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Re-Inspections | 367 | 323 | 1007 | 1006 | 588 | 244 | 1591 | 923 | 283 | 1027 | 1124 | 8483 |
| Housing Survey | .. | .. | 181 | 166 | 173 | 206 | 306 | 524 | 219 | 133 | 772 | 2680 |
| Special Inspections, Complaints and Infectious Diseases | 242 | 185 | 269 | 1019 | 368 | 194 | 390 | 451 | 763 | 268 | 729 | 4878 |
| Special Inspections re Rats | 21 | 2 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 147 |
| Drains Tested by Smoke Test | 8 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 83 |
| Do. Water Test | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | 42 |
| Water Certificates; new houses Inspected | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 7 |
| Registered Houses let in Lodgings | 44 | 2 | 78 | .. | 47 | 9 | 326 | 60 | 16 | 45 | 70 | 697 |
| School Reports re suspected infectious disease | 5 | 6 | 10 | 43 | 21 | 9 | 42 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 109 | 259 |
| Miscellaneous (Unclassified) | 18 | .. | 32 | .. | 29 | 15 | 23 | 1 | .. | 12 | 30 | 160 |