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attended on an average about three times each patient, making
altogether 6,804 attendances of persons belonging to the Borough
of Greenwich.
Miller General Hospital treated about 400 Greenwich residents
as In-patients, and about 48,000 Out-patient attendances were
also made by Greenwich residents.
Blackheath and Charlton Cottage Hospital admitted 145
In-patients from Greenwich, and treated about 150 casualties,
making about 100 attendances for this purpose.
SANITARY WORK.
The tables on pages 22 to 27 and 55 to 62 summarise, as far
as possible, the Sanitary work of the Department; from this it will
be seen that a total of 10,642 houses and premises have been inspected
or re-inspected during the year; 1,158 intimation notices
have been served and 230 statutory notices.
With the exception of prosecutions in connection with the Sale
of Food and Drugs Act, it was not found necessary to institute
Police Court proceedings in any case during the year.
There were altogether throughout the year 616 complaints
entered in the Public Complaints Register of the Department.
Bakehouses. One hundred inspections have been made of
the various Bakehouses in the Borough, and 39 nuisances found
therein have been abated as the result.
Factories and Workshops. One hundred and twenty-three
inspections have been paid to these premises within the Borough
during the year. There were 200 workshop premises on the
Register at the beginning of the year, 8 have been added during
the year, and 6 have been taken off, leaving a total now on the
Register of 202. This total includes 16 laundries, 29 dressmaking
and mantle works, 7 fuel and firewood works, 3 cycle works, 9
milliners, and various others, including workplaces, such as 4
blacksmiths, 14 barge builders, 3 builders' yards, etc. Information
has been sent to H.M. Inspector of Factories with respect to
a workshop being converted into a factory.
Outworkers' Register. Sixty-three Lists of Outworkers containing
221 names and addresses, have been received during the
year from the Medical Officers of Health for other Districts; 11
lists, containing 78 names, have been received from employers
within the District; 22 names have been forwarded to other
Districts, thus giving a total of 277 names and addresses of outworkers
within the Borough. One hundred and twelve visits of
inspection have been paid to these premises.