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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 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTION OF THE AREA
During 1957, the Public Health Inspeotors carried out 30,641
inspections, including re-inspeotions. The nature of these
inspections is shown in Table No. 8. As a result, 1,027 intimation
notices and 397 statutory notices were served.
COMPLAINTS
The number of complaints received during the year was 2,552,
compared with 3,176 in 1956. Any necessary action was taken where
complaints were made or nuisances discovered.

Table: TABLE No. 0. INSPECTIONS

TABLE No. 0. INSPECTIONS

Complaints investigated1,618Water sampling and
Complaints (reinspeotions)5,224testing42
Outworkers' premises272Rodent control1,985
Houses re. overcrowding70Smoke observations42
New Houses re water supply439Atmospheric Pollution339
Houses re. infectiousMen's lavatories57
disease1,075Women's lavatories64
Houses re. smallpox contactsNILHouses re. choked drains315
Houses re. vermin90Drainage inspections586
Council housing applicantsHouses, visits with
re. vermin1,376owners, builders, etc.308
Housing Act inspections474Houses re. slum clearance
Housing Act - Improvementand redevelopment236
Grants172Pet Animals premises68
House-to-House inspections418Visits re. insect and
Houses re. Certificates ofother pests304
Disrepair449Houses re, disinfection
Aged and Infirm persons2,984or destruction of art
Common Lodging Houses5icles4
Tents and Vans79Stables14
Factories mechanically256Exhumations1
poweredPublic Houses207
Faotories non-mechanioallyTheatres and Cinemas7
powered30Hairdressers and Barbers159
Workplaces22Miscellaneous visits2,166
Shops Act inspections738Non-effeotual visits4,405
Food Premises2,120Houses re. Smoke Control
Itinerant vendors14Areas905
Complaints re. food47Houses re. Smoke Control
Shops re. Pharmacy andAreas (Reinspeotions)161
Poisons231

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