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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Watebclosets and Urinals— | |
Closets erected | 21 |
W.C.s repaired | 535 |
Sanitary conveniences or improvements effected to Factories, | |
Workshops and Workplaces | 23 |
Pans or traps furnished | 796 |
Urinals cleansed or repaired | 27 |
Dustbins— | |
Provided | 288 |
Pavings— | |
Yards and Forecourts | 110 |
General Water Supply— | |
Water Fittings amended | 575 |
Extra water supply to tenement houses | 10 |
Water supply certificates granted (Sect. 95) | 535 |
Other Improvements— | |
Houses generally repaired | 116 |
Rooms cleansed and repaired | 1,940 |
Rooms and staircases lighted and ventilated | 30 |
Verminous rooms cleansed | 531 |
Roofs, gutters and rainwater pipes repaired | 920 |
Dampness abated | 510 |
Sinks, baths and lavatory basins | 316 |
Sink, lavatory and bath waste pipes trapped or amended | 280 |
Stoves and fireplaces | 261 |
Washing coppers repaired or provided | 58 |
Floors repaired | 411 |
Provision for storage of food | 17 |
Miscellaneous repairs | 701 |
Other Nuisances Abated— | |
Illegal use of Underground rooms discontinued | 9 |
Overcrowding abated | 87 |
Animals kept in unfit places discontinued or removed | 7 |
Dung receptacles provided | I |
Accumulation of manure and other obnoxious matter removed | 53 |
Rat infestation abated | 171 |
Smoke Nuisances— | |
Observations | 9 |
Statutory Notices served (Sects. 147 and 148) | 1 |
Notices, &c.— | |
Intimations served under Public Health (London) Act, 1936 | 2,717 |
Statutory Notices served | 303 |
Houses rendered fit by informal action | 87 |