London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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| Total Number of Intimation Notice served for all purposes | 1249 |
| ,, „ „ Statutory „ „ „ | 183 |
| Overcrowding, 1934— | |
| Number of Dwelling-rooms overcrowded | 81 |
| Number remedied | 70 |
| Number of Prosecutions | 1 |
| Underground Rooms— | |
| Illegal occupations found during year | 6 |
| Number of Rooms closed or illegal occupation discontinued | 6 |
| Insanitary Houses— | |
| Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 | _ |
| Number of Closing Orders made | — |
| Number demolished in pursuance of Orders | — |
| Number demolished voluntarily | 19 |
| Number repaired or Nuisances remedied under Public Health Act | 1,688 |
| Housing of the Working Classes— | |
| (a) Erected during the year :— | |
| Municipal | 85 |
| Private Enterprise | 340 |
| (b) In course of erection | 120 |
| Number of Verminous Premises cleansed under Section 10 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1922 | 175 |
| Number of Cleansing Baths given under Cleansing of Persons Act | 16 |
| Number of Children Cleansed | 961 |
| Shelter provided under Section 60 (4) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891— | |
| Number of persons accommodated during the year | — |
| Number of Tenement Houses provided with Additional Water Supply | 22 |
| Number of Prosecutions ditto | — |