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 1908
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other Nuisances Abated.Illegal use of Underground Room Discontinued | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Overcrowdings Abated | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 24 |
| Sink, Lavatory and Bath Waste Pipes Disconnected, Trapped and Amended | 66 | 49 | 43 | 110 | 268 |
| Stack Pipes Disconnected, Trapped and Amended | 20 | 22 | 28 | 30 | 100 |
| Nuisances from Dampness Abated | 37 | 27 | 37 | 50 | 151 |
| Animals kept in Unfit Places Discontinued or Removed | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| Dung Receptacles Provided | ... | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Bakehouse Nuisances Abated | ... | 20 | 2 | 16 | 38 |
| Houses Abolished, unfit for Habitation | 6 | 6 | |||
| Accumulations of Manure and other obnoxious matter Removed | 9 | 10 | 59 | 7 | 85 |
| Dampness of Walls Remedied | 28 | 20 | 27 | 39 | 112 |
| Inundations Abated | 1 | 1 | |||
| Other Nuisances, principally of Dilapidations and want of Under-floor Ventilation | ... | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Breaches of By-laws Abated | |||||
| Smoke Nuisances. | |||||
| Observations | 101 | 97 | 90 | 76 | 364 |
| Statutory Notices served (Sees. 23 and 24) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| Summonses applied for & issued | 1 | 1 | |||
| Food and Drugs. | |||||
| Samples taken | 129 | 126 | 63 | 91 | 409 |
| Found Adulterated | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| Unwholesome Food. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Seizures made | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Voluntarily surrendered | 1 barrel of apples (about 120 lbs.). Tuberculous carcase of an Ox. 150 Norway herrings (about GO ibx). | 1 case of oranges. 6 legs of mutton. 12 lbs. of beef. 4 cases of herrings 9 boxes of macker'l | I case of chats. 1 box of macker'l £ bushel unsound cherries. 1 barrel of crabs. 4 trunks of pollock. | 1 cwt. of mussels. 12 sheeps' lungs. 60 lbs. of bream. 84 lbs. of haddock. |