London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 1904

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1904

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Table: SUMMARY OF SANITARY WORK—continued.

SUMMARY OF SANITARY WORK—continued.

First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.Total.
Ashpits.
Provided155211117166649
Pavings.
Yards18116813198578
Forecourts1211620
Areas37673351188
Washhouses49101033
Mews and Stables11338
General Water Supply.
Covers to Cisterns Adapted3036181498
Water Supply Provided213
Water Fittings Amended93635441251
Cisterns Cleansed and Repaired25...2128
Water Services Altered so as to draw direct from main41733819171
Water Supplies Reinstated where cut off through defective fittings12961239
Defective Water Fittings (causing nuisance from dampness) repaired2515271178
Water Supply Certificates granted (Section 48)549610161312
Cisterns provided......1...1
Other Improvements.
Houses Generally Repaired146222127117612
Premises Cleansed, Limewashed and Repaired731649458389
Ventilation Improved51341313111
Leaky House Roofs and Gutters Repaired811747765397
Walls and Ceilings of Premises Cleansed throughout79612852220
Ditto, ditto, partially51675561234
Cow-houses cleansed......246
Horse Slaughter-houses cleansed.........11
Ice Cream Places cleansed or improved...2...24
Other Places where Food is prepared58...417