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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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summonses were taken out for failure to comply with the
Magistrate's Orders. In Table No. 29 will be found a tabular
statement of the type of nuisances abated during the year.
TABLE No. 28.
Inspections.
| Housing Survey—Houses Inspected | 1,883 |
| Complaints Investigated | 2,277 |
| Outworkers' Premises | 756 |
| Houses Let in Lodgings | 49 |
| Houses re Infectious Disease | 1,485 |
| Houses re Smallpox Contacts | 1,333 |
| Houses re Verminous Cases | 1,092 |
| Houses re Scabies Cases | 215 |
| Houses re Other Diseases | 204 |
| Overcrowding Investigated—Rooms | 77 |
| Underground Rooms Illegally Occupied | 5 |
| Drainage Inspections | 1,008 |
| Drains Tested by Smoke Test | 125 |
| Drains Tested by Water Test | 3 |
| New Houses | 698 |
| Tents and Vans | 8 |
| Factories | 179 |
| Workshops | 735 |
| Workplaces | 75 |
| Theatres and Cinemas | 21 |
| Rag and Bone Premises | 16 |
| Urinals Accessible to the Public | 298 |
| Women's Lavatories | 449 |
| Smoke Observations | 158 |
| Special Inspections re Rats | 215 |
| Inspections re Mosquitoes | 39 |
| Miscellaneous (Unclassified) | 1,684 |
| Re-Inspections | 9,268 |