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 generally Repaired | 79 | 127 | 128 | 173 | 507 |
Premises Cleansed, Lime-washed and Repaired | 106 | 94 | 96 | 104 | 400 |
Verminous Rooms not L.C.C | 9 | 20 | 31 | 52 | 112 |
Ventilation improved | 27 | 107 | 72 | 154 | 360 |
Leaky House Roofs and Gutters repaired | 138 | 193 | 199 | 257 | 787 |
Walls and Ceilings of Premises Cleansed throughout | 48 | 97 | 42 | 87 | 274 |
Ditto ditto partially | 77 | 96 | 136 | 199 | 508 |
Cowhouses cleansed | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | 5 |
Horse Slaughterhouses Cleansed | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 |
Ice Cream places Cleansed or Improved | .. | 1 | 6 | .. | 7 |
Other places where Food is prepared | .. | 19 | 11 | 5 | 35 |
Illegal use of Underground Room discontinued | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Overcrowdings abated Sink, Lavatory end Bath Waste Pipes | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | 6 |
disconnected, trapped and amended | 34 | 86 | 54 | 74 | 248 |
Stack Pipes disconnected & amended | 21 | 37 | 2 | 52 | 135 |
Nuisances from Dampness abated | 71 | 120 | 5 | 77 | 332 |
Animals kept in Unfit Places discontinued or removed | 5 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 31 |
Dung Receptacles provided | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Bakehouse Nuisances abated | 5 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 34 |
Houses Abolished (Unfit for Habitation) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Accumulations of Manure and other Obnoxious Matter removed | 9 | 32 | 9 | 12 | 62 |
Dampness of Walls remedied | 21 | 29 | 30 | 26 | 106 |
Inundations abated | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | 7 |
Other Nuisances, principally of Dilapidations and want of under-floor Ventilation | 48 | 42 | 16 | 57 | 163 |
Breaches of By-Laws abated | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Cases of Rat Infestation remedied | .. | .. | 55 | 31 | 86 |
Observations | 13 | 5 | 4 | 25 | |
Statutory Notices served (Sections 23 and 24) | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 |
Samples taken | 133 | 113 | 95 | 83 | 424 |
Found Adulterated | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 |