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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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of these burials amounted to £42 9s. Od., of which the sum of
£33 15s. 6d. was recovered, making the nett cost to the Council of
£8 13s. 6d.
Exhumation.—During the year there was one exhumation at
the Greenwich Cemetery concerning the removal of a body from a
common to a private grave. The Sanitary Inspector for the district
was present to see that the usual precautions were observed.
Summary of Work Performed by the Sanitary Inspectors during the Year 1952
| Inspections—- | |
| Houses inspected (House-to-House) | 312 |
| „ ,, (Complaints, nuisances) | 1,703 |
| „ „ (Infectious Disease) | 323 |
| „ „ (Overcrowding) | 322 |
| Re-inspections, calls made, etc. | 14,260 |
| Inspections of Factories | 568 |
| „ „ Shops | 199 |
| „ „ Stables and yards | 53 |
| „ „ Urinals | 204 |
| „ „ Miscellaneous | 517 |
| „ „ Houses let in Lodgings | 31 |
| „ ,, Outworkers premises | 82 |
| Inspection of Premises (Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933) | 15 |
| Investigations (Rats and Mice) | 574 |
| On notice from Builder | 1,157 |
| 20,320 | |
| Drains tested—by smoke | 281 |
| „ „ by water | 360 |
| Opened, cleansed and repaired | 455 |
| Reconstructions and additions | 294 |
| Inspection chambers constructed | 180 |
| New covers to manholes | 197 |
| Soil and vent shafts repaired or renewed | 196 |
| Traps (gully) | 359 |
| Drains sealed off, etc. | 41 |
| Yards and forecourts drained | 109 |