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 1904
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SUMMARY OF SANITARY WORK—continued.
First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | Total. | |
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Drains. | |||||
Constructed | 16 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 91 |
Intercepter Chamber, and Fresh Air Inlet | 29 | 53 | 25 | 23 | 130 |
Reconstructed or Repaired | 145 | 114 | 98 | 78 | 435 |
Opened, Cleansed and Amended | 63 | 52 | 58 | 47 | 220 |
Surface Drains Constructed | 148 | 143 | 162 | 137 | 590 |
Traps Fixed | 233 | 277 | 215 | 217 | 944 |
New Soil Pipes | 26 | 62 | 41 | 44 | 173 |
Drains and Soil Pipes Ventilated | 104 | 126 | 107 | 92 | 429 |
Drains Tested—by Smoke | 55 | 57 | 31 | 21 | 164 |
,, ,, by Water | 149 | 147 | 124 | 116 | 536 |
Found Defective | 108 | 84 | 58 | 63 | 313 |
Yards Drained | 83 | 53 | 39 | 22 | 197 |
Mews and Stables Drained | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
Washhouses Drained | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Forecourts Drained | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | 5 |
Areas Drained | 32 | 62 | 31 | 35 | 160 |
Cesspools Abolished | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Cleansed and Disinfected | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Water Closets and Urinals. | |||||
Closets Erected | 26 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 72 |
Sanitary Conveniences or improvements effected to Factories and Workshops | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
Pan, Traps and Water Supply furnished | 111 | 113 | 66 | 75 | 365 |
Pans and Traps only furnished | 86 | 94 | 117 | 67 | 364 |
Paus only furnished | 11 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 42 |
Water Supply Apparatus provided | 33 | 31 | 19 | 22 | 105 |
Water Supply renewed | 31 | 43 | 38 | 36 | 148 |
Water Supply disconnected from Drinking Water Cistern | 18 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 35 |
Soil Pans properly Trapped | 48 | 51 | 40 | 45 | 184 |
Cleansed and Repaired | 40 | 26 | 30 | 25 | 121 |
Newly constructed or better situated | 21 | 3 | 6 | 30 | |
Ventilation Improved | 31 | 57 | 29 | 36 | 153 |
Public-house Urinals Cleansed or Repaired | 11 | 31 | 13 | 13 | 68 |
Other Urinals Altered | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Repaired or Water laid on | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Public-house Urinals Erected | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
Public - house Urinals Reconstructed | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |