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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SANITARY ADMINISTRATION
Sanitary Inspection of the Area.
During the year the Sanitary Inspectors carried out 31,932 inspections, including
re-inspections. The nature of these inspections is shown in Table No. 9. As a
result of these inspections 1,437 intimation notices and 827 statutory notices were
served.
Complaints.
There was a decrease in the number of complaints received during the year—
1,878 compared with 2,676 in 1951. The necessary action was taken where complaints
were made or nuisances discovered.
Complaints investigated | 1,878 | Water sampling and testing | 148 |
Complaints reinspected Outworkers' premises | 6,404 | Rodent Control | 2,669 |
182 | Smoke Observations | 53 | |
Houses re overcrowding | 347 | Theatres and cinemas | 11 |
New houses re water suply | 444 | Urinals accessible to public | 65 |
Houses re infectious disease | 691 | Women's lavatories | 126 |
Houses re smallpox contacts | 8 | Rag and bone dealers | 9 |
Houses re vermin | 960 | Houses re choked drains | 149 |
Woolwich Borough Council housing applicants re vermin | 1,314 | Houses, visits with owners, builders, etc. | 257 |
Houses re scabies | 27 | Houses re slum clearance and redevelopment | 172 |
Houses re Housing Acts | 303 | ||
House-to-house inspections | 384 | Drainage inspections | 1,287 |
Houses re Rent Restriction Acts | 4 | Houses re accommodation for immigrants | 3 |
Aged and Infirm persons | 2,334 | ||
Common Lodging Houses | 26 | Houses re verminous premises | 138 |
Tents and Vans | 42 | Rag Flock premises | 19 |
Factories mechanically powered | 206 | Pet Animals premises | 29 |
Factories non-mechanically powered | 48 | Houses re requests for permitted numbers | 31 |
Work places | 30 | Offensive trades | 4 |
Shops re Shops Act | 490 | Visits re insect and other pests | 70 |
Food premises | 4,070 | Houses re disinfection or destruction of articles | 72 |
Itinerant vendors | 80 | ||
Complaints re food | 20 | Marshes, ditches, pools, watercourses, static water tanks, etc. | 50 |
Shops re Pharmacy and Poisons | 27 | ||
National Assistance Act re burial | Stables | 14 | |
of dead persons | 8 | Miscellaneous visits | 1,588 |
Non-effectual visits | 4,642 |
Table No. 10. Nuisances Abated.
Dirty conditions remedied | 1,024 | Areas and yards paved or repaired | 67 |
Roofs repaired | 725 | ||
Gutters, rainwater pipes, etc., re | Drains cleansed | 296 | |
paired or renewed | 459 | Drains repaired | 261 |
Damp walls and other damp con | Drains reconstructed | 16 | |
ditions remedied | 2,033 | Combined drains repaired or reconstructed | 8 |
Fireplaces, hearths, etc., repaired | |||
or renewed | 286 | Water closets cleansed and repaired | 506 |
Floors, skirtings and other wood | |||
work repaired or renewed | 424 | Water closet pans and traps fixed | 173 |
Windows repaired or renewed | 756 | Water supply defects remedied | 145 |
Ceilings repaired or renewed | 443 | Dustbins provided | 128 |
Walls repaired or renewed | 1,715 | Foul accumulations remedied | 44 |
Other dilapidations remedied | 184 | Sites cleared of refuse | 3 |
Lighting and ventilation defects remedied | 29 | Nuisances from animals abated | 10 |