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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 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTION OF THE AREA
During 1962 the Public Health Inspectors carried out 29,597
inspections, Including reinspections. The nature of these
inspections is shown in Table No. 9. As a result, 570 Intimation
Notices and 255 Statutory Notices were served. It was not found
necessary to institute legal proceedings to enforce the requirements
of Statutory Notices served under the Public Health (London) Act.
COMPLAINTS
The number of complaints received during the year was 2,458
compared with 3,040 in 1961. Any necessary action was taken where
complaints were made or nuisances discovered.

Table: TABLE NO. 9 - INSPECTIONS

TABLE NO. 9 - INSPECTIONS

Complaints investigated1,086Tents and Vans60
Complaints (reinspections)2,794Stables2
Outworkers' premises210Public Houses91
Houses re overcrowding84Theatres and Cinemas11
New Houses re water supply1,094Hairdressers and Barbers88
Houses re infectious disease1,457Houses re disinfection or destruction of articles138
Houses re vermin129
Council housing applicants re vermin1,757Factories mechanically powered148
Housing Act inspections494Factories non-mechanically powered29
Housing Act - Improvement
Grants333Shops Act inspections450
Houses re Certificates of Disrepair63Food Premises1,183
Complaints re food62
Water sampling and testing17Houses, visits with owners,builders,etc.344
Rodent Control915Houses re Slum Clearance and Redevelopment282
Atmospheric Pollution1,209
Houses re Smoke Control Areas1,428Pet Animals premises61
Visits re insect and other pests238
Houses re Smoke Control Areas (reinspections)3,127
Shops re Pharmacy and Poisons188
Men s lavatories86
Women's lavatories32Miscellaneous visits3,159
Houses re choked drains340Non-effectual visits5,521
Drainage inspections866

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