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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 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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In addition to the details required to be recorded by the
above-mentioned Regulations, a record is made of the number
of persons who are occupying the house. This distribution
of the population is shewn below and similar figures obtained
in 1920 and 1921 are given for purposes of comparison.
TABLE No. 63.
| Year. | Houses or Tenements. | No. of persons in excess of two persons per room | Houses originally built for one family now occupied by more than one family. | Persons per House. | Rooms per person. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| With less than two persons per room. | With two persons per room. | With more than two persons per room. | |||||
| 1920 | 2075 | 333 | 272 | 437 | 604 | 5.6 | .83 |
| 1921 | 2145 | 298 | 357 | 364 | 697 | 5.5 | .87 |
| 1922 | 3384 | 371 | 232 | 390 | 1309 | 5.3 | .94 |
Unhealthy Areas. No areas have been represented under
Part 1 of the Housing Act, 1890, and no complaints that
areas were unhealthy have been made.
ACTION UNDER THE HOUSING, TOWN PLANNING,
ETC., ACT, 1909.
Closing Orders. During the year 10 houses were represented
as unfit for human habitation, and in six cases closing
orders were made. In four instances the owners converted
the houses into business premises; and in two cases the
necessary repairs were carried out and the closing orders were
determined. In the remaining four cases no closing order
was made.