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 1916
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Summary of Sanitary Work - Continued.
First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | Total | |
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Staircases Lighted and Ventilated | - | - | - | - | - |
Leaky House Roofe & Gutters Repaired | 136 | 66 | 78 | 100 | 380 |
Walls and Ceilings of Premises Cleansed throughout | 42 | 43 | 38 | 35 | 158 |
Ditto, ditto, partially | 59 | 69 | 88 | 94 | 310 |
Cowhouses cleansed | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
Horse Slaughterhouses cleansed | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Ice Cream Places cleansed or improved | - | 20 | 9 | - | 29 |
Other Places where Food is prepared | 6 | 46 | 22 | 11 | 85 |
Other Nuisances Abated, | |||||
Illegal use of Underground Room Discontinued | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
Overcrowdings Abated | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 20 |
Sink, Lavatory and Bath Waste Pipes Disconnected, Trapped and Amended | 21 | 34 | 26 | 18 | 99 |
Stack Pipes Disconnected and Amended | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
Nuisances from Dampness Abated | 44 | 16 | 31 | 40 | 131 |
Animals kept in Unfit places Distintinued or Removed | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
Dung Receptacles Provided | - | - | - | - | - |
Bakehouse Nuisances Abated | - | 31 | - | 14 | 45 |
Accumulations of Manure and other obnoxious matter Removed | 16 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 100 |
Dampness of Walls Remedied | 40 | 14 | 23 | 21 | 98 |
Other Nuisances, principally of Dilapidations and want of Under-floor Ventilation | - | 10 | 18 | 10 | 38 |
Breaches of By-Laws Abated | — | - | — | — | - |
Inundations | - | - | - | - | - |
Smoke Nuisances. | |||||
Observations Statutory Notices served | 26 | 23 | 15. | 21 | 85 |
(Secs. 23 and 24) | - | - | - | - | - |
Food and Drugs. | |||||
Samples taken | 108 | 139 | 60 | 103 | 410 |
Found Adulterated | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 21 |
45.