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 1918
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SUMMARY OF SANITARY WORK—continued.
First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | Total. | |
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Drains. | I | 1 | |||
Constructed | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 3 |
Intercepter Chamber, and Fresh Air Inlet | ... | 5 | 1 | ... | 6 |
Other Chambers | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
Reconstructed or Repaired | 60 | 65 | 14 | 6 | 145 |
Opened, Cleansed and Amended | 53 | 61 | 57 | 33 | 204 |
Surface Drains Constructed | 8 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 37 |
Traps Fixed | 23 | 32 | 30 | 11 | 96 |
New Soil Pipes | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
Drains and Soil Pipes Ventilated | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 |
Drains Tested-by Smoke | 23 | 11 | 25 | 18 | 77 |
„ „ by Water | 25 | 31 | 15 | 13 | 84 |
„ by Chemicals | 19 | 38 | 3 | ... | 60 |
Found Defective | 29 | 34 | 13 | 11 | 87 |
Yards Drained | 2 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 19 |
Mews and Stables Drained | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Washhouses Drained | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Forecourts Drained | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Areas Drained | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 |
Cesspools Abolished | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Water Closets and Urinals. | |||||
Closets Erected | ... | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
Sanitary Conveniences or improvements effected to Factories and Workshops | 5 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 29 |
Pan, Traps and Water Supply furnished | 14 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 47 |
Pans and Traps only furnished | 23 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 78 |
Pans only furnished | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
Water Supply Apparatus provided | 5 | 4 | ... | ... | 9 |
Water Supply renewed | 49 | 10 | 28 | 30 | 117 |
Water Supply disconnected from Drinking Water Cistern | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
Soil Pans properly Trapped | 12 | 20 | ... | ... | 32 |
Cleansed and Repaired | 34 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 87 |
Newly constructed or better situated | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | 5 |
Ventilation Improved | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
Public-house Urinals Cleansed or Repaired | 16 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 37 |
Other Urinals Altered | ... | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
Repaired or Water laid on | 4 | 10 | ... | ... | 14 |