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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTION OF THE AREA
During 1958, the Public Health Inspectors carried out 31,932
inspections,, including re-inspections. Details of these inspections
are shown in Table No. 8. As a result, 1,011 intimation notices and
497 statutory notices were served.
COMPLAINTS
The number of complaints received during the year was 2,597
compared with 2,552 in 1957. Any necessary action was taken where
complaints were made or nuisances discovered.
| Complaints investigated | 1,909 | Water sampling and testing | 25 |
| Complaints (reinspections) | 5,271 | ||
| Outworkers' premises | 214 | Rodent control | 2,402 |
| Houses re. overcrowding | 62 | Smoke observations | 218 |
| New Houses re, water supply | 1,233 | Atmospheric Pollution | 327 |
| Houses re. infectious disease | 688 | Men's lavatories | 71 |
| Houses re. smallpox contacts | 24 | Women's lavatories | 49 |
| Houses re. vermin | 132 | Houses re. choked drains | 244 |
| Council housing applicants re. vexmin | 874 | Drainage inspections | 1,132 |
| House, visits with owners, builders, etc. | 311 | ||
| Housing Act inspections | 565 | ||
| Housing Act-Improvement Grants | 138 | Houses re, slum clearance and redevelopment | 294 |
| House-House inspections | 217 | Pet Animals premises | 82 |
| Houses re. Certificates of Disrepair | 952 | Visits re, insect and other pests | 255 |
| Aged and Infirm persons | 3,081 | Houses re. disinfection or destruction of articles | 56 |
| Common Lodging Houses | 9 | ||
| Tents and Vans | 34 | ||
| Factories mechanically powered | 322 | Stables | 1 |
| Exhumations | 3 | ||
| Factories non-echanically powered | 37 | Public House® | 115 |
| Theatres and Cinemas | 7 | ||
| Workplaces | 31 | Hairdressers and Barbers | 86 |
| Shops Act inspections | 433 | Miscellaneous visits | 2,65 |
| Food Premises | 1,89 | Non-effectual visits | 4.59 |
| Itinerant vendors | 13 | Houses re. Smoke Control Areas | 588 |
| Complaints re. ood | 40 | ||
| Shops re. Pharmacy and Poisons | 391 | Houses re. Smoke Control Areas (Reinspections) | 207 |
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