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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 1921

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1921

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Table: SUMMARY OF SANITARY WORK—continued.

SUMMARY OF SANITARY WORK—continued.

First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.Total.
Other Nuisances Abated
Illegal Use of Underground Room
Discontinued2l......3
Overcrowdings Abated Sink, Lavatory and Bath W aste Pipes Disconnected, Trapped and1...124
Amended42876768264
Stack Pipes Disconnected and Amended29693242172
Nuisances from Dampness Abated99736257291
Animals Kept in Unfit Places Discontinued or Removed51452145
Dung Receptacles Provided...1......1
Bakehouse Nuisances Abated...24...2145
Other Defects Remedied28645051193
Rat Infestation......222446
Houses Abolished, Unfit for Habitation...............
Accumulations of Manure and other Obnoxious Matter Removed212215765
Dampness of Walls Remedied29414337150
Inundations Abated2.........2
Other Nuisances, principally of Dilapidations and want of Under-floor Ventilation54673142194
Contents of Rooms Cleansed......2...2
Breaches of By-Laws Abated...2215
Smoke Nuisances.
Observations1213117
Statutory Notices Served (Sections 23 and 24)...............
Food and Drugs.
Samples Taken1039572166436
Found Adulterated321814