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. 14.
Nuisances, etc., Abated. | Dockyard. | St. Mary's. | Eltham. | Burrage. | Herbert. | Glyndon. | River. | St. George's. | St. Nicholas. | Central. | St. Margaret's. | Total. |
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Interiors cleansed | 274 | 235 | 406 | 140 | 173 | 485 | 475 | 246 | 512 | 96 | 241 | 3283 |
Damp conditions in houses remedied | 96 | 86 | 82 | 19 | 55 | 83 | 148 | 73 | 73 | 18 | 52 | 785 |
Defective guttering and rain water pipes | 86 | 75 | 49 | 20 | 38 | 76 | 117 | 82 | 136 | 26 | 78 | 783 |
Improved ventilation | 56 | 57 | 14 | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 4 | 12 | 15 | 164 |
Defective roofs | 129 | 139 | 63 | 43 | 53 | 117 | 170 | 100 | 156 | 42 | 50 | 1061 |
Deficient light, windows supplied or enlarged | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 10 |
Paving in yards and wash-houses repaired | 117 | 57 | 26 | 12 | 40 | 51 | 136 | 75 | 115 | 13 | 41 | 683 |
Underground rooms not in accordance with Acts | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 13 |
Waste pipes from baths, lavatories and wash-houses repaired or disconnected | 41 | 11 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 31 | 34 | 21 | 37 | 3 | 12 | 238 |
Choked and defective drains | 59 | 45 | 42 | 23 | 15 | 27 | 83 | 30 | 65 | 7 | 14 | 410 |
Defective traps | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 41 |
Defective or un ventilated soil pipe | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 20 |
W.C.'s repaired; new traps or pans provided | 18 | 14 | 30 | 27 | 27 | 68 | 30 | 23 | 59 | 13 | 50 | 359 |
Foul pans cleansed | 12 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 114 |