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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Other Nuisances Abated. | |||||
Illegal use of Underground Room Discontinued | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 |
Overcrowdings Abated | 6 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 29 |
Sink, Lavatory and Bath Waste Pipes Disconnected, Trapped and Amended | 104 | 82 | 59 | 82 | 327 |
Stack Pipes Disconnected and Amended | 18 | 18 | 19 | 31 | 86 |
Nuisances from Dampness Abated | 64 | 43 | 54 | 69 | 230 |
Animals kept in Unfit Places Discontinued or Removed | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
Dung Receptacles Provided | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 4 |
Bakehouse Nuisances Abated | ... | 37 | ... | 18 | 55 |
Houses Abolished, unfit for Habitation | 5 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 37 |
Houses Closed, non-compliance with Notices | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
Accumulations of Manure and other obnoxious matter Re-moved | 14 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 45 |
Dampness of Walls Remedied | 41 | 24 | 26 | 44 | 135 |
Inundations Abated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Other Nuisances, principally of Dilapidations and want of Under — floor Ventilation | 8 | 22 | 31 | 23 | 84 |
Breaches of By-laws Abated | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 6 |
Smoke Nuisances. | |||||
Observations | 67 | 47 | 36 | 44 | 194 |
Statutory Notices served (Sees. 23 and 24) | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 4 |
Food and Drugs. | |||||
Samples taken | 110 | 120 | 71 | 121 | 422 |
Found Adulterated | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
Summonses applied for and issued | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
Unwholesome Food. | |||||
Seizures made | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |