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 1911
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SUMMARY OF SANITARY WORK—
First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | Total. | |
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Other Nuisances Abated. | |||||
Illegal use of Underground Room Discontinued | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Overcrowdings Abated | 6 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 29 |
Sink, Lavatory and Bath Waste Pipes Disconnected, Trapped and Amended | 90 | 110 | 60 | 41 | 301 |
Stack Pipes Disconnected and Amended | 43 | 30 | 21 | 13 | 107 |
Nuisances from Dampness Abated | 49 | 42 | 53 | 57 | 201 |
Animals kept in Unfit Places Discontinued or Removed | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
Dung Receptacles Provided | ... | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
Bakehouse Nuisances Abated | 1 | 34 | 3 | 25 | 63 |
Houses Abolished, unfit for Habitation | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 17 |
Houses Closed, non-compliance with Notices | 11 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 45 |
Accumulations of Manure and other obnoxious matter Removed | 4 | 9 | 25 | 12 | 50 |
Dampness of Walls Remedied | 50 | 38 | 23 | 44 | 155 |
Inundations Abated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Other Nuisances, principally of Dilapidations and want of Under-floor Ventilation | 6 | 8 | 25 | 12 | 51 |
Breaches of By-laws Abated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Smoke Nuisances. | |||||
Observations | 78 | 64 | 50 | 58 | 250 |
Statutory Notices served (Sees. 23 and 24) | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 5 |
Summonses applied for & issued | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Food and Drugs. | |||||
Samples taken | 97 | 145 | 49 | 109 | 400 |
Found Adulterated | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
Summonses applied for and issued ... | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 |
Unwholesome Food. | |||||
Seizures made | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |