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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TABLE No. 15.
NUISANCES ABATED. | Wards. | |||||||||||
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Burrage. | Central. | Dockyard. | Eltham. | Glyndon | Herbert. | River. | St. George's. | St. Margaret's. | St. Mary's. | St. Nicholas. | Total. | |
Interiors cleansed | 111 | 83 | 125 | 342 | 292 | 117 | 551 | 194 | 118 | 166 | 385 | 2,484 |
Damp conditions in houses remedied | 33 | 27 | 38 | 151 | 119 | 34 | 145 | 70 | 32 | 45 | 53 | 747 |
Defective guttering and rain-water pipes | 27 | 34 | 31 | 57 | 72 | 44 | 62 | 44 | 40 | 43 | 90 | 544 |
Improved ventilation | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 22 |
Defective roofs | 59 | 39 | 51 | 69 | 135 | 47 | 178 | 80 | 51 | 69 | 104 | 882 |
Deficient light; windows supplied or enlarged | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 10 |
Paving in yards and wash-houses repaired | 15 | 8 | 30 | 39 | 29 | 24 | 57 | 47 | 3 | 22 | 51 | 325 |
Underground rooms not in accordance with Act | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 7 |
Waste-pipe from baths, lavatories, and washhouse sinks, repaired or disconnected | 12 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 29 | 33 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 207 |
Choked and defective drains | 34 | 14 | 35 | 56 | 37 | 33 | 65 | 24 | 17 | 35 | 52 | 402 |
Defective traps | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | S | 2 | 45 |
Defective or unventilated soil pipes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 12 |
W.C.'s repaired; new traps or pans provided | 27 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 66 | 28 | 47 | 25 | 14 | 19 | 39 | 329 |