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 1908
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SUMMARY OF SANITARY WORK—continued.
First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Drains.Constructed | 24 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 85 |
Intercepter Chamber, and Fresh Air Inlet | 15 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 55 |
Other Chambers | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | |
Reconstructed or Repaired | 69 | 90 | 46 | 79 | 284 |
Opened, Cleansed and Amended | 52 | 74 | 73 | 56 | 255 |
Surface Draius Constructed | 51 | 79 | 47 | 71 | 248 |
Traps Fixed | 104 | 137 | 105 | 144 | 490 |
New Soil Pipes | 18 | 16 | 12 | 20 | 66 |
Drains and Soil Pipes Ventilated | 53 | 51 | 35 | 44 | 183 |
Drains Tested—by Smoke | 27 | 26 | 19 | 32 | 104 |
,, „ by Water | 87 | 116 | 78 | 109 | 390 |
Found Defective | 110 | 51 | 66 | 64 | 291 |
Yards Drained | 35 | 58 | 33 | 42 | 168 |
Mews and Stables Drained | 3 | 2 | ... | 1 | 6 |
Wash houses Drained | ... | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Forecourts Drained | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 |
Areas Drained | 10 | 23 | 11 | 14 | 58 |
Cesspools Abolished | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
„ Cleansed, etc. | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Water Closets and Urinat.s. | ... | ... | ...... | ... | ... |
Closets Erected | 6 | 13 | 27 | 3 | 49 |
Sanitary Conveniences or improvements effected to Factories and Workshops | 4 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 43 |
Pan, Traps and Water Supply furnished | 40 | 39 | 41 | 56 | 176 |
Pans and Traps only furnished | 93 | 70 | 54 | 65 | 282 |
Pans only furnished | 6 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 28 |
Water Supply Apparatus provided | 11 | 9 | 10 | 50 | 80 |
Water Supply renewed | 29 | 37 | 26 | 46 | 138 |
Water Supply disconnected from Drinking Water Cistern | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 32 |
Soil Pans properly Trapped | 27 | 30 | 31 | 28 | 116 |
Cleansed and Repaired | 21 | 39 | 20 | 17 | 97 |
Newly constructed or better situated | ... | 1 | 18 | ... | 19 |
Ventilation Improved | 6 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 47 |
Public-house Urinals Cleansed or Repaired | 12 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 55 |
Other Urinals Abolished | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
Repaired or Water laid on | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 3 |
Urinals Constructed | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |