Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1920
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1st Qtr. | 2nd Qtr. | 3rd Qtr. | 4th Qtr. | Total. | |
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Houses Inspected | 688 | 880 | 770 | 746 | 3084 |
Other Premises Inspected | .. | 115 | 44 | 40 | 199 |
Investigations | .. | 175 | 166 | 212 | 553 |
Re-inspections, Calls made, etc. | 2906 | 3175 | 3171 | 4540 | 13792 |
Houses Let in Lodgings | 6 | .. | .. | 15 | 21 |
,, ,, Re-inspections | 3 | .. | .. | 108 | 111 |
Inspections of Bakehouses | 9 | 41 | 19 | 25 | 94 |
„ Factories and Workshops | 34 | 37 | 27 | 83 | 181 |
,, Outworkers | 12 | .. | .. | 37 | 49 |
„ Slaughterhouses | 10 | 7 | 8 | 32 | |
,, Cowhouses | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
,, Stables and Yards | 27 | 32 | 15 | 13 | 87 |
„ Piggeries | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 |
„ Courts and Alleys | 15 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 62 |
,, Fields, Lanes, etc. | 9 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 44 |
Urinals | 14 | 25 | 23 | 11 | 73 |
„ Gipsy Vans | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
,, Horse Slaughterhouses | 4 | 5 | .. | .. | 9 |
,, Dairies Cowsheds and Milkshops | 14 | 24 | 46 | 28 | 112 |
,, Soapboilers | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
,, Other Offensive Trades | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
„ Ice Cream places | 1 | 25 | 36 | .. | 62 |
„ Other places where food is prepared | 44 | 43 | 39 | 36 | 162 |
3796 | 4615 | 4396 | 5929 | 18736 | |
Constructed | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 22 |
Interceptor Chamber and Fresh Air Inlet | 8 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 49 |
Other Chambers | 9 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 46 |
Reconstructed or Repaired | 28 | 47 | 19 | 84 | 178 |
Opened, Cleansed and Amended | 64 | 105 | 115 | 51 | 335 |
Surface Drains Constructed | 29 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 62 |
Traps Fixed | 63 | 84 | 50 | 276 | |
New Soil Pipes | 10 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 50 |
Drains and Soil Pipes Ventilated | 23 | 25 | 17 | 40 | 105 |
Drains Sealed off | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Drains Tested—by Smoke | 53 | 35 | 54 | 63 | 205 |
,, by Water | 86 | 89 | 85 | 134 | 394 |
Found Defective | 47 | 38 | 59 | 76 | 220 |
Anti-Siphonage | .. | 12 | .. | 6 | 18 |
Manhole Covers provided | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Yards Drained | 17 | 22 | 15 | 24 | 78 |
Mews and Stables drained | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 |
Washhouses Drained | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Forecourts Drained | 5 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 25 |
Areas Drained | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 27 |
Cesspools abolished | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 |