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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 1927
[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 |