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 W0RK—continued.
First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | Total. | |
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Other Nuisances Abated. | |||||
Illegal use of Underground Room Discontinued | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 |
Overcrowdings Abated | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
Sink, Lavatory and Bath Waste Pipes Disconnected, Trapped and Amended | 75 | 76 | 51 | 54 | 256 |
Stack Pipes Disconnected, Trapped and Amended | 84 | 76 | 41 | 81 | 281 |
Nuisances from Dampness Abated | 28 | 44 | 17 | 22 | 111 |
Animals kept in Unfit Places Discontinued or Removed | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
Dung Receptacles Provided | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 |
Bakehouse Nuisances Abated | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | 7 |
Houses Abolished, unfit for Habitation | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Accumulations of Manure and other obnoxious matter Removed | 14 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 42 |
Dampness of Walls Remedied | 28 | 43 | 17 | 15 | 103 |
Inundations Abated | |||||
Other Nuisances, principally of Dilapidations and want of Under-floor Ventilation | 31 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 60 |
Smoke Nuisances. | |||||
Observations | 100 | 117 | 83 | 69 | 369 |
Statutory Notices served (Sees. | |||||
23 and 24) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
Food and Drugs. | |||||
Samples taken | 84 | 128 | 33 | 65 | 310 |
Found Adulterated | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
Unwholesome Food. | |||||
Seizures made | ... | ... | bushel | ... | 1 bushel |
Apples | Apples |