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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 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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(General Powers) Acts and By-laws, 4 under Woolwich Borough Council By-laws,
and one under the Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919.
In 130 instances the owners did not comply with the statutory notices and in
each of these instances the Town Clerk sent a letter as a preliminary to legal
proceedings. In all except six instances this was sufficient.
In Table No. 33 will be found a summary of the nuisances abated and defects
remedied.

Table: TABLE No. 32. Inspections.

TABLE No. 32. Inspections.

Housing Survey — Houses Inspected2,554Drains Tested by Smoke Test133
Drains Tested by Water Test23
Complaints Investigated2,478New Houses650
Outworkers' Premises433Tents and Vans83
Houses Let in Lodgings448Factories322
Houses re Infectious Disease933Workshops608
Houses re Smallpox Contacts589Workplaces184
Houses re Verminous Cases1,961Theatres and Cinemas13
Houses re Scabies Cases166Rag and Bone Premises6
Houses re Other Diseases153Urinals Accessible to the Public347
Overcrowding Investigated —Women's Lavatories452
Rooms45Smoke Observations53
Underground Rooms—Survey2,092Special Inspections re Rats422
Underground Rooms Illegally Occupied65Miscellaneous1,697
Re-Inspections10,165
Drainage Inspections1,549

Table: TABLE No. 33. Nuisances Abated.

TABLE No. 33. Nuisances Abated.

Cleansing—Dilapidations—
Interiors Cleansed1,374Walls826
Rooms Cleansed3,054Ceilings681
Floors and Hearths239
Damp Conditions—Coppers195
Walls798Stoves278
Sites13Others98
Roofs856
Rain Water Pipes and Gutters535Verminous Conditions—
Others227Rooms Cleansed303