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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Ceilings | 465 |
Floors and Hearths | 274 |
Coppers | 153 |
Stoves | 202 |
Verminous Conditions— Rooms cleansed | 236 |
Defective Lighting— Windows repaired | 93 |
„ enlarged | — |
,, additional | 1 |
Defective Ventilation— Windows rendered usable | 562 |
„ additional provided | 4 |
Other means | 5 |
Defective Paving— Yards repaved | 90 |
,, repaired | 177 |
Scullery floors repaved or repaired | 121 |
House Drains— Defective drains repaired | 91 |
Choked drains cleared | 197 |
Vent pipes repaired | 10 |
Soil pipes repaired | 12 |
Gullies fixed | 26 |
New drainage | 3 |
Rain water tanks repaired | 17 |
Sinks repaired or provided | 110 |
Wastes cleansed | 87 |
Wastes trapped or repaired | 154 |
Water Closets— Flushing apparatus repaired | 295 |
„ „ renewed | 65 |
New pans | 122 |
New traps | 108 |