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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 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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No.Date of Hearing.Offence.Situation.Result.
1120th MayNon-payment of cost of clearing drains.127, Woolwich High Street.Order to pay at the rate of 10/-each 14 days.
1224th JuneDefective, damp and dirty walls and ceiling of first floor back addition room. Defective back addition roof and gutters. Damp wall of ground floor front room. Dirty walls and ceiling of stairs and passage.79a, Marmadon RoadWork done. Summons withdrawn.
1324th JuneBeing a person having charge of two dogs on lead, allowed said dogs to deposit their excrement on public footway.Sidcup RoadFined 2s. 6d.
1424th JuneDid fail to comply with an Abatement Order made on 27th April, 1937.65, Macoma Road ..Fined £5
1523rd JuneBeing a person having charge of a dog on lead, allowed said dog to deposit its excrement on public footway.Herbert RoadFined 2s. 6d.
1713th JulyBeing a person having charge of a dog on lead, allowed said dog to deposit its excrement on public footway.Powis StreetDismissed under Probation of Offenders Act.
222nd December. .Damp walls of the first floor front and ground floor front rooms. Leaking house roof. Damp walls of the first floor back addition room. Defective reveal pointing of the window on the east side of the house.60, Conway Road ..Order to abate in 21 days.
239th DecemberBeing a person having charge of a dog on lead, allowed said dog to deposit its excrement on public footway.Plumstead RoadDismissed.
2430th DecemberBeing a person having charge of a dog on lead, allowed said dog to deposit its excrement on public footway.Plumstead High Street.Dismissed under Probation of Offenders Act.