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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No figures are shown under overcrowding as this, in accordance with the
provisions of the Housing Act, 1935, was the subject of a special survey, the results
of which are to be found in the Housing Section of the Report.
TABLE No. 18. Nuisances Abated,
Cleansing— | Sinks Repaired or Provided | 252 | |
Interiors Cleansed | 891 | Wastes Cleansed | 15 |
Rooms Cleansed | 1,730 | Wastes Trapped or Repaired | 285 |
Damp Conditions— | Water Closets— | ||
Walls | 653 | Flushing Apparatus Repaired | 181 |
Sites | 7 | „ „ Renewed | 53 |
Roofs | 610 | New Pans | 253 |
Rain Water Pipes and Gutters | 323 | New Traps | 242 |
Others | 50 | Foul Pans Cleansed by Owner | 19 |
Dilapidations— | Occupier | 35 | |
Walls | 809 | Additional W.C.s Provided | 8 |
Ceilings | 572 | Doors and Fastenings Remedied | 49 |
Floors and Hearths | 188 | ||
Coppers | 88 | Dust Bins Provided | 429 |
Stoves | 185 | Underground Rooms Closed | 1 |
Others | 67 | Overcrowding—Cases Remedied | 17 |
Verminous Conditions— | Water Supply— | ||
Rooms Cleansed | 1,481 | Additional | 4 |
Defective Lighting— | Reinstated | 12 | |
Windows Repaired | 211 | Cisterns Cleansed | — |
„ Enlarged | 2 | „ Covered | 14 |
„ Additional | 6 | „ Removed | 3 |
Defective Ventilation- | Foul Accumulations— | ||
Windows Rendered Usable | 418 | Manure Removed | 9 |
„ Additional Provided | 7 | Offensive Accumulations Removed | 33 |
Other Means | 4 | ||
Defective Paving— | Back Yards Cleansed | 13 | |
Yards Re-paved | 150 | Dung Pits Provided | — |
„ Repaired | 110 | Rats— | |
Scullery Floors Re-paved or Repaired | 54 | Drains Repaired in Consequence | 167 |
House Drains— | Premises Rat-proofed | 19 | |
Defective Drains Repaired | 235 | Other Effective Measures | 21 |
Choked Drains Cleared | 284 | Rag and Bone Premises— | |
Vent Pipes Repaired | 51 | Premises Cleansed | — |
Soil Pipes Repaired | 19 | Rain-proof Premises Provided Vermin-proof Conditions Pro | — |
Gullies Fixed | 87 | ||
New Drainage | 14 | vided | — |
Rain Water Tanks Repaired | - | Miscellaneous | 18 |
„ „ „ Abolished | 2 |