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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 1895
Annual report for the year ending 25th March, 1896
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GENERAL REMARKS.
Sewer Ventilators. During the past year I have received
frequent complaints from all parts of the Parish respecting the
smell that arises from the Sewer Ventilators.
I have on each occasion forwarded these complaints to the
Medical Officer of the London County Council.
In order to abate the nuisance there should be more
ventilators erected, and they should be carried up to a
considerable height, instead of being at ground level.
In one case this has been done, viz., in the Trafalgar Road,
near Christ Church, with considerable benefit to that locality.
The following houses have been either closed or demolished during the year, owing to their being unfit for human habitation:
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Marlborough | Demolished. |
| Cottages, Gibson Street | |
| Wick Cottage, Woolwich Road | |
| Workshop, 1a, Blissett Street | Closed, with consent of Owners. |
| Temporary School, London Street |
Oak House, East Street. Under Section 60, Sub-section
4, of the Public Health Act, 1891:-"The Sanitary Authority
shall provide, free of charge, temporary shelter or house accommodation,
with any necessary attendants, for the members of
any family, in which any dangerous infectious disease has