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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 1915
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1915
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BOROUGH OF GREENWICH. Proceedings during 1915.
| Premises. | Number of Places— | Number of Inspections, 1915. | Number of Notices, 1915. | Number of Prosecutions, 1914. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Register at end of 1914. | Added in 1915. | Removed in 1915. | On Register at end of 1915. | ||||
| Milk premises | 158 | 7 | 25 | 140 | 162 | 4 | ... |
| Cowsheds | 4 | ... | ... | 4 | 10 | ... | ... |
| Slaughterhouses | 5 | ... | ... | 5 | 25 | ... | ... |
| Other Offensive Trade Premises | 4 | ... | ... | 4 | 4 | ... | ... |
| Ice Cream Premises | 126 | 6 | 28 | 104 | 114 | ... | ... |
| Registered Houses Let in Lodgings | 247 | ... | ... | 247 | 256 | (a)* 11 | (a)* |
| (b)* 16 | (b)* | ||||||
*(a) For Overcrowding. *(b) For other conditions.
Total number of Intimation Notices served for all purposes 1,052
Overcrowding, 1914—
Number of Dwelling-rooms Overcrowded 17
Number Remedied 17
Number of Prosecutions
Underground Rooms—
Illegal Occupation dealt with during year 2
Number of Rooms Closed 2
Insanitary Houses—
Number Closed voluntarily under the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891 ...
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 35
Number of Persons Cleansed under Cleansing of Persons Act 233