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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 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]

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Table: Summary of Sanitary Work—continued.

Summary of Sanitary Work—continued.

1st Qtr.2nd Qtr.3rd Qtr.4th Qtr.Total
Water Closed and Urinals.
Closets erected21561023
W.C. doors repaired or provided395510370267
Sanitary Conveniences or Improvements effected to Factories. Workshops and Workplaces73111031
Flushing Apparatus Amended101133135217586
Pans or Traps furnished9311110868370
Water supply disconnected from Drinking Water Cistern26.........26
Cleansed...12142551
Ventilation improved264448138256
Public-house Urinals cleansed or repaired216312
Other Urinals altered or cleansed11114
Other Urinals constructed2...215
Ashpits.
Provided102382873241
Covers to receptacles...............
Pavings.
Forecourts and Yards39479051227
Areas......123
Washhouses232411
Mews and Stables111...3
General Water Supply.
Covers to Cisterns adapted234148135247
Water Fittings amended2239241297
Cisterns cleansed and repaired1.........1
Water Services altered so as to draw direct from main...............
Water Supplies reinstated where cut off through defective fittings21118242
Water Supply Certificates granted (Section 48)2755108133323
Other Improvements.
Verminous Rooms cleansed21337564193
Ventilation improved72684782269
Staircases repaired, amended, lighted, and ventilated121191244
Leaky House Roofs and Gutters repaired1708864216538