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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 No. 15—continued.
| NUISANCES ABATED. | Wards. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burrage. | Central. | Dockyard. | Eltham. | Glyndon. | Herbert. | River. | St. George's. | St. Margaret's. | St. Mary's. | St. Nicholas. | Total. | |
| Foul pans cleansed | 6 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 39 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 138 |
| Flushing apparatus repaired or renewed | 19 | 31 | 27 | 56 | 46 | 14 | 53 | 42 | 19 | 41 | 82 | 430 |
| Additional w.c.'s provided to dwelling houses | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Additional w.c.'s provided to Factories. Workshops, &c. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wash-houses provided with sinks | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 8 |
| Defective and foul cisterns used for dietary purposes | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | 52 | - | - | - | 3 | 59 |
| Defective and foul rain-water tanks | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Insufficient supply of water or water cut off by M.W.B. | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 38 | - | 8 | 6 | - | 78 |
| Additional water supply | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 3 |
| Cases of overcrowding remedied | 4 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 118 |
| Dustbins supplied | 69 | 48 | 66 | 125 | 142 | 65 | 220 | 136 | 143 | 85 | 264 | 1,363 |
| Verminous rooms cleansed | 17 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 26 | 7 | 65 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 23 | 229 |
| Accumulations of manure removed | 7 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 69 |
| Dung pits provided | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Smoke Nuisances | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| Sundry other Nuisances | 84 | 11 | 92 | 84 | 203 | 82 | 140 | 100 | 19 | 63 | 193 | 1,071 |