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 WORKâcontinued.
First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | Total. | |
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Other Nuisances Abated. | |||||
Illegal use of Underground Room Discontinued | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Overcrowdings Abated | 11 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 33 |
Sink, Lavatory and Bath Waste Pipes Disconnected, Trapped and Amended | 78 | 76 | 51 | 62 | 267 |
Stack Pipes Disconnected and Amended | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 35 |
Nuisances from Dampness Abated | 29 | 49 | 26 | 42 | 146 |
Animals kept in Unfit Places Discontinued or Removed | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
Dung Receptacles Provided | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 |
Bakehouse Nuisances Abated | ... | 30 | ... | 30 | 60 |
Houses Abolished, or closed, unfit for Habitation | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 3 |
Accumulations of Manure and other obnoxious matter Removed | 8 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 46 |
Dampness of Walls Remedied | 44 | 37 | 16 | 29 | 126 |
Inundations Abated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Other Nuisances, principally of Dilapidations and want of Under.floor Ventilation | 20 | 2 | 18 | ... | 40 |
Breaches of By-laws Abated | ... | 30 | ... | 2 | 32 |
Smoke Nuisances. | |||||
Observations | 61 | 28 | 48 | 37 | 174 |
Statutory Notices served (Sees. 23 and 24) | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 5 |
Food and Drugs. | |||||
Samples taken | 119 | 130 | 78 | 108 | 435 |
Found Adulterated | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | |
Summonses applied for and issued | 4 | 3 | 5 | ... | 12 |
Unwholesome Food. | |||||
Seizures made | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |