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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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"Authorised sellers," i.e., pharmacists, are inspected by Inspectors appointed by
the Pharmaceutical Society, but the Borough Council are required to arrange for
the necessary inspection of all listed sellers. The Medical Officer of Health, the
Chief Sanitary Inspector, and two sanitary inspectors have been appointed as
inspectors for this purpose. The Council decided in February, 1937, to delegate
its powers under the Act to the Health Committee.
The number of names entered on the Council's list at the beginning of the
year was 91. Seven were added and four were deleted. The number at the end
of the year was 94, and there were 93 deputies approved.
Legal Proceedings.—The particulars of the various prosecutions instituted
under the various Acts are set out in detail in the following Table No. 30.
TABLE No. 30.
Prosecutions under Public Health and Kindred Acts.
| No. | Date of Hearing. | Offence. | Situation. | Result. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17th March | Being a person having charge of a dog on a lead, did allow said dog to deposit excrement upon the footway. | Footscray Road | Dismissed under Probation of Offenders Act. |
| 2 | 17th March | Leaking roof of house causing dampness. Leaking roof over ground floor back room. Absence of proper eaves gutter to same ; leaking sink waste drain. | 10, Chapel Street . . | Order to abate within fourteen days. |
| 3 | 29th December | Broken and dilapidated ceiling of first floor back room. Leaking roof over first floor back and back addition rooms causing dampness. | 1, Oak Street | Work done. Summons withdrawn on payment of ten and six costs. |
| 4 | 29th December | Leaking roof over first floor front room causing dampness. | 3, Oak Street | Work done. Summons withdrawn on payment of ten and six costs. |