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 1924
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1st Qtr. | 2nd Qtr. | 3rd Qtr. | 4th Qtr. | Total. | |
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Drains—contd. | |||||
Forecourts Drained | .. | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
Areas Drained | .. | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
Cesspools abolished | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Privies and Earth Closets abolished | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Water Closets and Urinals. | |||||
Closets erected | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 26 |
W.C. doors repaired or provided | 16 | 15 | 22 | 29 | 82 |
Sanitary Conveniences or Improve-ments effected to Factories, and Workshops | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 20 |
Pan, Traps and Water Supply furnished | 7 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 46 |
Pans and Traps only furnished | 34 | 35 | 38 | 31 | 138 |
Pans only furnished | 2 | 7 | .. | .. | 9 |
Water Supply Apparatus repaired or provided | 40 | 54 | 48 | 74 | 216 |
Water Supply renewed | 8 | 7 | 10 | .. | 25 |
Water Supply disconnected from Drinking Water Cistern | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 4 |
Soil Pans properly trapped | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cleansed and Repaired | 23 | 30 | 37 | 35 | 125 |
Newly constructed or better situated | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 20 |
Ventilation improved | 6 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 30 |
Public-house Urinals cleansed or repaired | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
Other Urinals altered or cleansed | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Urinals constructed | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Repaired or water laid on | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ashpits. | |||||
Provided | 38 | 71 | 192 | 262 | 563 |
Covers to receptacles | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 |
Dust complaints forwarded to the Surveyor | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pavings. | |||||
Yards | 44 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 209 |
Forecourts | 4 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 23 |
Areas | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
Washhouses | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
Mews and Stables | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
General Water Supply. | |||||
Covers to Cisterns adapted | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
Water Supply provided | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Water Fittings amended | 27 | 12 | 13 | 54 | 106 |
Cisterns cleansed and repaired | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Water Services altered so as to draw direct from main | .. | .. | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Water Supplies reinstated where cut off through defective fittings | 6 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 27 |