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 1947
[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 |