London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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

Greenwich 1910

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1910

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Table: 2.—DEFECTS FOUND.

2.—DEFECTS FOUND.

* Nuisances under thePublic Health Acts ;—
Want of Cleanliness6262......
Want of Ventilation22......
Overcrowding............
Want of Drainage of Floors............
Other Nuisances2323......
Sanitary Accommodation— Insufficient............
Unsuitable or defective1212......
Not Separate for Sexes............
Offences under the Factoryand Workshop Act : —............
Illegal Occupation of Underground Bakehouse (s. 101)............
Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements for Bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100)1010......
Other Offences
Total109109NilNil*Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and S of the Factory Act, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.