Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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District Inspection.
The work performed by the District Inspectors represents, as usual,
a very large number of inspections. The total inspections and visits to
premises numbered 27,739 as against 27,692 for the previous year, thus
showing an increased activity on the part of the sanitary staff. The
figures stated above related to 6,320 houses in which 8,412 sanitary
improvements of one kind and another were effected. The premises
visited included stable yards, manure depots, vacant land, passages,
public urinals, urinals attached to public houses and premises for which
certificates under the Customs and Inland Revenue Acts were required,
as well as those for which certificates as to the water supply were
demanded.
Re-drainage.
The principal re-drainage work for the year 1913 has been carried
out at the following premises. To redrain :—
By a combined operation in connection with the existing system,
51 and 53 Czar Street
Do. Nos. 178 and 180 Grove Street
In connection with the existing system, No. 6 Douglas Street
By a combined operation in connection with the existing system,
No. 41 Dorking Road
Do. Nos. 462 and 464 Railway Arches, Silwood Street
Do. No. 18 Douglas Street
Do. No. 4 St. James'
Do. Nos. 1-8 Glenville Grove
Do. Nos. 136 Render Street and 1 Kender Place
Do. No. 30 Hatcham Park Road
Do. Nos. 24, 26 and 28 Hatcham Park Road
Do. No. 28 Casella Road
Do. No. 32 Hatcham Park Road
Do. Nos. 9 to 52 (odd and even numbers) Blackhorse Road
Do. No. 222 Brockley Road
Do. Nos. 47, 49 and 51 Manor Road
In connection with the existing system, All Saints' Church and Institute,
Monson Road
By combined operations in connection with the existing system
Nos. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 Glenville Grove
Do. Nos. 147, 149, 151, 153 and 155 High Street
Do. No. 59 Breakspears Road
Do. Nos. 18, 20, 22, 24, 26 and Marchant's Nursery, Friendly
Street
Do. Nos. 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29 Glenville Grove
Do. Nos. 66 and 68 Douglas Street