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 1925
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1st Qtr. | 2nd Qtr. | 3rd Qtr. | 4th Qtr. | Total. | |
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Inspections | |||||
Houses Inspected | 611 | 716 | 751 | 637 | 2715 |
Other Premises Inspected | 114 | 231 | 244 | 186 | 775 |
Re-inspections, Calls Made, etc. | 2873 | 2884 | 2971 | 3276 | 12004 |
Inspections of Houses Let in Lodgings | 72 | 58 | 34 | 58 | 222 |
„Bakehouses | 1 | 40 | 11 | 32 | 84 |
„ Factories, Workshops and Workplaces | 32 | 21 | 21 | 78 | 152 |
,, Outworkers' Premises. | 9 | 22 | 14 | 24 | 69 |
„ Slaughterhouses | 8 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 36 |
,, Cowhouses | 4 | .. | 3 | 7 | |
„ Stables and Yards | 12 | 20 | 25 | 15 | 72 |
„ Piggeries | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 |
„ Courts and Alleys | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
„ Fields, Lanes, etc. | 10 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 34 |
Investigations (Rats and Mice) | 114 | 112 | 77 | 158 | 461 |
Inspections of Urinals | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 27 |
,, Gipsy Vans | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
„ Horse Slaughterhouses | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
,, Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops | 21 | 89 | 27 | 10 | 147 |
„ Soap Boilers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
,, Other Offensive Trades | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 |
,, Ice Cream places | 1 | 71 | 57 | .. | 129 |
,, Other places where food is prepared or stored | 275 | 503 | 339 | 387 | 1504 |
Total | 4166 | 4798 | 4601 | 4893 | 18458 |
Drains. | |||||
Constructed | 3 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 43 |
Intercepting Chamber, and Fresh Air Inlet | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 26 |
Other Chambers Constructed | 14 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 59 |
Reconstructed or Repaired | 34 | 42 | 43 | 23 | 142 |
Opened, Cleansed, and Amended | 43 | 172 | 119 | 150 | 484 |
Surface Drains Constructed | 5 | 24 | 3 | 13 | 45 |
Traps Fixed | 49 | 59 | 74 | 44 | 226 |
New Soil Pipes | 8 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 36 |
Soil and Vent Shafts Repaired | 7 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 35 |
Drains and Soil Pipes Ventilated | 13 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 51 |
Drains Sealed off, etc. | .. | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
Drains tested—by Smoke | 50 | 65 | 70 | 67 | 252 |
„ by Water | 62 | 94 | 85 | 85 | 326 |
Found Defective | 25 | 49 | 29 | 15 | 118 |
New Covers to Manholes | 8 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
Yards Drained | 17 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 28 |
Mews and Stables Drained | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Washhouses Drained | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |