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 1923
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1st Qtr. | 2nd Qtr. | 3rd Qtr. | 4th Qtr. | Total. | |
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Inspections | |||||
Houses Inspected | 436 | 553 | 566 | 559 | 2114 |
Other Premises Inspected | 63 | 66 | 73 | 119 | 321 |
Re-inspections Calls Made, etc. | 3150 | 4384 | 2099 | 3133 | 12,766 |
Inspections of Houses Let in Lodgings | 22 | 38 | 33 | 16 | 109 |
,, Bakehouses | 9 | 56 | 7 | 42 | 114 |
„ Factories and Work-shops . | 23 | 34 | 19 | 72 | 148 |
„ Outworkers' Premises | 52 | 34 | 32 | 47 | 165 |
„ Slaughterhouses | 2 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 22 |
„ Cowhouses | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 7 |
„ Stables and Yards | 61 | 44 | 14 | 20 | 139 |
„ Piggeries | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
„ Courts and Alleys | 10 | .. | .. | 3 | 13 |
„ Fields, Lanes, etc. | 43 | 39 | 6 | 7 | 95 |
Investigations (Rats and Mice) | 140 | 139 | 78 | 67 | 424 |
Inspections of Urinals | 6 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 25 |
„ Gipsy Vans | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
„ Horse Slaughterhouses | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 |
„ Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops | 14 | 100 | 32 | 19 | 165 |
„ Soap Works | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
„ Other Offensive Trades | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 |
„ Ice Cream places | .. | 90 | 50 | .. | 140 |
,, Other places where food is prepared | 241 | 338 | 234 | 358 | 1171 |
„ Premises (Children Act, 1908) | 3 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 25 |
Total | 4278 | 5947 | 3267 | 4484 | 17,976 |
Drains. | |||||
Constructed | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 24 |
Intercepting Chamber and Fresh Air Inlet | 21 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 59 |
Other Chambers Constructed | 30 | 17 | 24 | 16 | 87 |
Reconstructed or Repaired | 39 | 30 | 46 | 23 | 138 |
Opened, Cleansed, and Amended | 67 | 96 | 86 | 75 | 324 |
Surface Drains Constructed | 54 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 84 |
Traps Fixed | 114 | 85 | 89 | 67 | 355 |
New Soil Pipes | 8 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 35 |
Soil and Vent Shafts Repaired | 7 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 42 |
Drains and Soil Pipes Ventilated | 21 | 21 | 36 | 11 | 89 |
Drains Sealed off, etc. | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 |
Drains tested—by Smoke | 58 | 40 | 32 | 30 | 160 |
„ by Water | 118 | 168 | 99 | 60 | 445 |
Found Defective | 39 | 50 | 37 | 14 | 140 |
New Covers to Manholes | 25 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 54 |
Yards Drained | 42 | 10 | 31 | 13 | 96 |
Mews and Stables Drained | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 5 |
Washhouses Drained | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |