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Woolwich 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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V.—SANITARY ADMINISTRATION.
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Staff 46
Water Supply 46
Drainage 46
Removal and Disposal of Refuse 46
Complaints 47
Sanitary Inspection of the Area 47
Shops Act, 1934 49
Smoke Abatement 49
Public Baths and Washhouses 49
Eradication of Bed-Bugs 50
Factories Act 53
The Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919 55
Fouling of Footways by Dogs 55
Nuisance from Pigeons 55
Rag and Bone By-laws 56
Rag Flock Act 56
Mortuaries 56
Cemeteries 56
Offensive Trades 57
Removal of Infirm and Diseased Persons 57
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933 57
Legal Proceedings 58
VI.—HOUSING.
Statistics 59
Overcrowding 61
Inspection of Houses 61
Underground Rooms 62
Re-housing of Old People 63
New Houses 63
Council's Houses 63
Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Acts 64
Tents and Vans 64
Houses Let in Lodgings 64
Common Lodging Houses 64
Clearance Areas 64
VII.—PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
General Reference
Notifications and Deaths
Diphtheria 81
Scarlet Fever 82
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia 84
Erysipelas 85
Malaria 85
Enteric Fever 85
Dysentery 85
Anterior Poliomyelitis 85
Encephalitis Lethargica 86
Smallpox 86
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis 86
Whooping Cough 86
Zymotic Enteritis 87
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 87
Measles 88
Pneumonia 89
Tuberculosis 90
Arrangements for Disinfection and Disinfestation 103