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 1913
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SUMMARY OF SANITARY W ORK—continued.
First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | Total. | |
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Ashpits. | |||||
Provided | 179 | 106 | 104 | 73 | 462 |
Covers to Receptacles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Dust Complaints forwarded to the Surveyor | ... | 2 | 5 | ... | 7 |
Pavings. | |||||
Yards | 114 | 124 | 101 | 77 | 416 |
Forecourts | 12 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 43 |
Areas | 31 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 37 |
Wash houses | 5 | 6 | ... | 5 | 16 |
Mews and Stables | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 |
General Water Supply. | |||||
Covers to Cisterns Adapted | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
Water Supply Provided | 8 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 50 |
Water Fittings Amended | 47 | 29 | 16 | 19 | 111 |
Cisterns Cleansed and Repaired | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
Water Services Altered so as to draw direct from main | 32 | 16 | 4 | 21 | 73 |
Water Supplies Reinstated where cut off through defective fittings | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
Defective Water Fittings (causing nuisance from dampness) repaired | 40 | 40 | .14 | 40 | 134 |
Water Supply Certificates granted (Section 48) | 3 | 27 | 20 | 49 | 99 |
Other Improvements. | |||||
Houses Generally Repaired | 35 | 59 | 62 | 56 | 212 |
Premises Cleansed, Limewashed and Repaired | 77 | 99 | 42 | 57 | 275 |
Staircases Improved & Lighted | 15 | 34 | 28 | 9 | 86 |
Ventilation Improved | 25 | 54 | 28 | 15 | 122 |
Leaky House Roofs and Gutters Repaired | 55 | 110 | 62 | 92 | 319 |
Walls and Ceilings of Premises Cleansed throughout | 30 | 38 | 39 | 57 | 164 |
Ditto, ditto, partially | 31 | 87 | 60 | 77 | 255 |
Cowhouses cleansed | ... | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
Horse Slaughterhouses cleansed | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Ice Cream Places cleansed or improved | ... | 35 | 10 | ... | 45 |
Other Places where Food is prepared | ... | 34 | 17 | 7 | 58 |