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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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in the interests of public health. During the year, one such
notice was received. The disinterment was viewed and the
arrangements made by the Cemeteries Department were very
satisfactory.
The following statistics relating to interments have been
supplied by the various Cemetery Superintendents and by
the Vicar of Eltham:—
TABLE 20.
| Number of interments. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920. | 1919. | 1918. | |
| Woolwich Cemetery | 617 | 606 | 839 |
| Plumstead Cemetery | 641 | 740 | 915 |
| Eltham Cemetery | 173 | 192 | 218 |
| Plumstead Churchyard | 41 | 37 | 32 |
| 1,472 | 1,575 | 2,004 | |
34. Inhabited House Duty. No certificate under the Inland
Revenue Act was issued during 1920.
35. Rats. The Council on 12.2.20, appointed the Medical
Officer of Health and all sanitary inspectors as Rats' Officers
for their respective districts. During the year, 147 complaints
were received relating to rats and these were all investigated
and dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the Rats
and Mice (Destruction) Act. Two Rat Weeks were held, in
January and November. Your Medical Officer of Health
presented the following report on the work carried out by the
Borough Council during the November Rat Week:—
"Inspector Shaw, in the week previous to Rat Week,
visited all the large warehouses and factories abutting
on the River, asking for the co-operation of these firms