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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 1898
Annual report for the year ending 25th March, 1899
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ANNUAL REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTORS, St. PAUL, DEPTFORD. January 1st to December 31st, 1898.
| Table No. 1. | Number of District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Totals. | |
| Complaints received | 138 | 34 | 19 | 142 | 13 | 346 |
| Total premises inspected | 705 | 681 | 667 | 644 | 802 | 3529 |
| Re-inspections, Calls, Service of Notices, &c. | 3704 | 2997 | 3454 | 3118 | 4573 | 17846 |
| Inspections under Notice from Contractors, per Bye-Laws | 144 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 214 |
| Number of cases in which proceedings have been taken | 2 | 2 | ... | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| "Intimations" served | 259 | 252 | 159 | 293 | 304 | 1267 |
| "Statutory Notices" served | 38 | 124 | 15 | 90 | 64 | 331 |
| Houses closed voluntarily | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Table No. 2. | ||||||
| Bakehouse Inspections | 59 | 24 | 36 | 30 | 35 | 184 |
| „ Limewashed | 37 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 95 |
| Slaughter-house Inspections | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ... | 8 |
| Cowshed Inspections | 2 | 3 | 6 | ... | 2 | 13 |
| Unsound Food Destroyed | ... | ... | 4 tins of Salmon, 6 cwt. of Fish. | 1 1/2 cwt. of Eels, 1 1/2 cwt. of Haddocks. | ... | ... |
| Workshop Inspections | 5 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 35 |