London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 1920

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1920

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Table: Summary of Sanitary Work—continued.

Summary of Sanitary Work—continued.

1st Qtr.2nd Qtr.3rd Qtr.4th Qtr.Total.
Other Improvements.
Houses generally Repaired79127128173507
Premises Cleansed, Lime-washed and Repaired1069496104400
Verminous Rooms not L.C.C9203152112
Ventilation improved2710772154360
Leaky House Roofs and Gutters repaired138193199257787
Walls and Ceilings of Premises Cleansed throughout48974287274
Ditto ditto partially7796136199508
Cowhouses cleansed..41..5
Horse Slaughterhouses Cleansed111..3
Ice Cream places Cleansed or Improved..16..7
Other places where Food is prepared..1911535
Other Nuisances Abated.
Illegal use of Underground Room discontinued....1..1
Overcrowdings abated Sink, Lavatory end Bath Waste Pipes1..326
disconnected, trapped and amended34865474248
Stack Pipes disconnected & amended2137252135
Nuisances from Dampness abated71120577332
Animals kept in Unfit Places discontinued or removed5512931
Dung Receptacles provided..1225
Bakehouse Nuisances abated51141434
Houses Abolished (Unfit for Habitation)..........
Accumulations of Manure and other Obnoxious Matter removed93291262
Dampness of Walls remedied21293026106
Inundations abated....527
Other Nuisances, principally of Dilapidations and want of under-floor Ventilation48421657163
Breaches of By-Laws abated....336
Cases of Rat Infestation remedied....553186
Smoke Nuisances.
Observations3135425
Statutory Notices served (Sections 23 and 24)..3....3
Food and Drugs.
Samples taken1331139583424
Found Adulterated531413