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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Flushing apparatus repaired or renewed | 67 | 62 | 64 | 15 | 23 | 45 | 84 | 50 | 109 | 20 | 29 | 568 |
Additional w.c.'s provided to dwelling houses | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Do., factories and workshops | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Wash-houses provided with sinks | 2 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 11 |
Defective and foul cisterns used for dietary purposes | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 10 |
Defective and foul rain water-tanks | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 |
Insufficient supply of water or water cut off by M.W.B. | 11 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 63 |
Additional water supply | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cases of overcrowding remedied | 3 | 4 | 67 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 125 |
Dust bins supplied | 116 | 118 | 130 | 30 | 74 | 114 | 169 | 78 | 200 | 31 | 48 | 1108 |
Verminous rooms cleansed | 42 | 33 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 42 | 56 | 10 | 55 | 20 | 7 | 296 |
Accumulations of manure removed | 11 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | .. | 3 | 76 |
Dung pits provided | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Smoke nuisances | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Coppers repaired | .. | .. | 27 | 4 | 13 | 35 | .. | .. | 46 | .. | .. | 125 |
Cooking stoves repaired | .. | .. | 24 | 9 | 22 | 22 | .. | .. | 65 | .. | .. | 142 |
Sundry other nuisances | 204 | 160 | 33 | 50 | 89 | 206 | 437 | 330 | 213 | 1 | .. | 1723 |
1348 | 1147 | 1141 | 447 | 666 | 1439 | 2010 | 1158 | 1912 | 311 | 657 | 12236 |