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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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The following are the Drinking Fountains and Horse Troughs
in the Borough, which are cleansed daily by the attendants attached
to the Department:—
Drinking Fountains.
Church Lane, Charlton.
Westcombe Hill, Blackheath.
Blackwall Lane, East Greenwich.
South Street, West Greenwich.
Armada Street, Deptford.
Blackheath (Greenwich Park Gates).
Blackheath (Andrew Gibb Memorial).
Blackheath Hill, West Greenwich.
Horse Troughs.
Church Lane, Charlton.
Westcombe Hill, Blackheath.
Tunnel Avenue, East Greenwich.
Creek Road, Deptford.
Armada Street. Deptford.
SUMMARY of WORK PERFORMED by the SANITARY INSPECTORS
DURING THE YEAR 1938.
Inspections—
Houses inspected (House to House) 209
„ „ (Complaints, nuisances) 1,704
„ „ (Infectious Disease) 588
„ „ (Overcrowding) 808
Re-inspections, calls made, etc. 12,310
Inspections of Factories 246
„ „ Shops 98
„ „ Stables and yards 67
„ „ Urinals 182
„ „ Offensive Trades 7
„ „ Markets and stalls 705
„ „ Miscellaneous 1,518
„ „ Houses let in Lodgings 211
„ „ Outworkers premises 200
Inspection of Premises (Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933) 38
Investigations (Rats and Mice) 296
19,187