Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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Summary of Sanitary Work—continued.
1st
Qtr.
2nd
Qtr.
3rd
Qtr.
4th
Qtr.
Total
Other Improvements—conld.
Walls and Ceilings of Premises Cleansed
and Repaired
460
542
490
554
2052
Stoves and Fireplaces Repaired
65
74
37
82
258
Washing Coppors Repaired
31
28
16
33
108
Sinks Provided
72
77
66
126
341
Floors Repaired
85
90
60
101
336
Provision for Storage of Food
3
6
8
11
28
Other Nuisances Abated—
Sink, Lavatory and Bath Waste Pipes
Disconnected, Trapped or Amended
85
99
94
214
492
Stack Pipes Amended
32
54
27
29
142
Nuisances from Dampness Abated
100
118
94
69
381
Animals kept in Unfit Places Discontinued
or Removed
2
2
1
3
8
Dung Receptacles Provided
—
1
15
12
28
Houses Abolished, unfit for habitation
—
—
—
—
—
Accumulations of Manure and other
Obnoxious Matter Removed
7
18
15
10
50
Inundations Abated
—
—
5
—
6
Contents of Rooms Cleansed
24
24
20
26
94
Rat Infestation Abated
28
32
27
28
115
Smoke Nuisances—
Observations
8
9
5
9
31
Statutory Notice Sorved (Sections 23
and 24)
—
—
—
—
—
Notices, etc.—
Intimations served under Public Health
(London) Act, 1891 (Section 3)
341
522
391
706
1980
Notices served—
Under Housing Acts
—
1
2
1
4
Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act,
1919
—
re Verminous Rooms
—
1
1
—
2
Under P.H. (L.) Act and Metropolis
Management Act (re combined
drainage)
—
15
15
W.C.'s (Factories, Workshops and
Workplaces)
—
—
—
—
—
Yards
—
—
—
—
—
Miscellaneous
—
—
—
—
Statutory Notices served under Section
4
41
38
55
54
188
Statutory Notices (re Ashpit provision)
—
—
—
—
—
Complaints received and attended to...
129
95
185
206
615
Letters written relating to abatement of
Nuisances
35
31
35
71
172
Summonses applied for and issued
1
—
—
2
3
Magisterial Orders obtained and enforced
—
—
—
2
2
Drainage Plans received and examined
27
42
20
23
112