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 1912
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SUMMARY OF SANITARY WORK —continued.
First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | Total. | |
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Drains. | |||||
Constructed | 2 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 21 |
Intercepter Chamber, and Fresh Air Inlet | 10 | 16 | 27 | 21 | 74 |
Reconstructed or Repaired | 61 | 49 | 59 | 89 | 258 |
Other Chambers | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
Opened, Cleansed and Amended | 57 | 62 | 66 | 43 | 228 |
Surface Drains Constructed | 40 | 58 | 46 | 72 | 216 |
Traps Fixed | 82 | 87 | 12 | 139 | 320 |
New Soil Pipes | 9 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 57 |
Drains and Soil Pipes Ventilated | 38 | 37 | 44 | 67 | 186 |
Drains Tested—by Smoke | 112 | 51 | 40 | 83 | 286 |
„ „ by Water | 81 | 64 | 71 | 134 | 350 |
Found Defective | 83 | 51 | 64 | 73 | 271 |
Yards Drained | 33 | 32 | 23 | 57 | 145 |
Mews and Stables Drained | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
Washhouses Drained | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Forecourts Drained | 5 | 4 | ... | 2 | 11 |
Areas Drained | 12 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 53 |
Cesspools Abolished | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 5 |
Water Closets and Urinals. | |||||
Closets Erected | 2 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 32 |
Sanitary Conveniences or improvements effected to Factories and Workshops | 4 | ... | 14 | 1 | 19 |
Pan, Traps and Water Supply furnished | 32 | 42 | 59 | 69 | 202 |
Pans and Traps only furnished | 60 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 207 |
Pans only furnished | 5 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 35 |
Water Supply Apparatus provided | 6 | 2 | 13 | 21 | |
Water Supply renewed | 18 | 44 | 45 | 24 | 131 |
Water Supply disconnected from Drinking Water Cistern | 5 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 42 |
Soil Pans properly Trapped | 30 | 25 | 16 | 38 | 109 |
Cleansed and Repaired | 39 | 33 | 57 | 52 | 181 |
Newly constructed or better situated | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 21 |
Ventilation Improved | 62 | 20 | 10 | 31 | 123 |
Public-house Urinals Cleansed or Repaired | 11 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 58 |
Other Urinals Altered | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
Repaired or Water laid on | 7 | ... | 1 | ... | 8 |