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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Greenwich 1913
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1913
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BOROUGH OF GREENWICH.
| Premises. | Number of Places— | Number of Inspections, 1913. | Number of Notices, 1913. | Number of Prosecutions, 1913. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Register at end of 1912. | Added in 1913. | Removed in 1913. | On Register at end of 1913. | ||||
| Milk premises | 166 | 5 | 11 | 160 | 200 | 14 | ... |
| Cowsheds | 4 | ... | ... | 4 | 17 | ... | ... |
| Slaughterhouses | 5 | ... | ... | 5 | 39 | ... | ... |
| Other Offensive Trade Premises | 12 | ... | ... | 12 | 12 | ... | ... |
| Ice Cream Premises | 125 | 13 | 21 | 117 | 124 | ... | ... |
| Registered Houses Let in Lodgings | 238 | 5 | ... | 243 | 273 | (a)* 3 | (b)* |
| (b)*145 | (b)* | ||||||
*(a) For Overcrowding. *(b) For other conditions.
Total number of Intimation Notices served for all purposes 1,360
Overcrowding, 1913—
Number of Dwelling-rooms Overcrowded 33
Number Remedied 33
Number of Prosecutions
Underground Rooms—
Illegal Occupation dealt with during year
Number of Rooms Closed
Insanitary Houses—
Number Closed voluntarily under the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891 3
Number Closed voluntarily under the Housing of the
Working Classes Acts
Number of Verminous Premises Cleansed under sec. 20 of
the L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1904 94
Number of Persons Cleansed under Cleansing of Persons Act 173