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 1902
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SUMMARY OF SANITARY WORK —continued.
South-West
and
Kidbrooke
District.
North-West
and
St. Nicholas
District
East
District.
Charlton
District.
Total.
Ashpits.
1 Oti
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Provided
123
140
...
196
...
81
...
540
52
Covers to Receptacles
52
Pavings.
Yards
92
78
...
...
637
250
217
2
6
Forecourts
4
15
79
94
Areas
1
1
...
14
1
17
Washhouses
7
2
1
16
Mews and Stables
6
General Water Supply.
I _
.
Covers to Cisterns Adapted
12
28
15
1
56
Water Supply Provided
12
1
2
15
Water Fittings Amended
69
...
63
6
...
16
...
154
Cisterns Cleansed and Repaired
Water Services Altered so
as to draw direct from
main
13
11
24
...
51
22
5
24
Water Supplies Reinstated where
cut off through defective
fittings
...
1
...
23
24
Defective Water Fittings (causing
nuisance from dampness)
repaired
...
...
15
5
20
Water Supply Certificates granted
(Section 48)
119
...
14
36
169
Other Improvements.
Houses Generally Repaired
23
49
222
68
362
Premises Cleansed, Limewashed
and Repaired
94
15
85
60
254
Ventilation Improved
...
11
33
9
53
Leaky House Roofs and Gutters
Repaired
267
6
108
84
69
Walls and Ceilings of Premises
Cleansed throughout
55
119
...
32
32
Ditto, ditto, partially
109
186
...
43
34
Other Nuisances Abated.
Illegal use of Underground
Room Discontinued
1
5
6
Overcrowdings Abated
10
...
3
16
...
1
30
Sink, Lavatory and Bath Waste
Pipes Disconnected, Trapped
and Amended
28
167
14
13
20
229
Stack Pipes Disconnected,
Trapped and Amended
215
6
148
48