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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| Premises. | Number of Placcs— | Number of Inspections, 1908. | Number of Notices, 1006. | Number of Prosecutions, 1908. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Register at end of 1907. | Added in 1908. | Re-moved in 1908. | On Register at end of 1908. | ||||
| Milk premises | 210 | 17 | 17 | 210 | 390 | 30 | ... |
| Cowsheds | 4 | ... | ... | 4 | 9 | ... | ... |
| Slaughterhouses | 5 | ... | ... | 5 | 53 | 4 | ... |
| Other Offensive Trade Premises | 63 | ... | ... | 63 | 15 | ... | ... |
| Ice Cream Premises | 118 | 9 | 12 | 115 | 134 | 22 | ... |
| Registered Houses Let in Lodgings | (a) | (a) | |||||
| 13 | 10 | 23 | (b)10 | (b) | |||
*(a) For Overcrowding. *(6) For other conditions.
Total number of Intimation Notices served for all
purposes 1,383
Overcrowding, 1908—
Number of Dwelling-rooms Overcrowded 24
Number Remedied 24
Number of Prosecutions Underground Rooms—
Illegal Occupation dealt with during year 8
Number of Rooms Closed 8
Insanitary Houses —
Number Closed under the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891 6
Number Closed under the Housing of the 1
Working Classes Act
Number of Verminous Premises Cleansed under sec 20
of the L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1904 5
Shelter provided under sec. CO (4) of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891—
Number of persons accommodated during the
year 1 family.