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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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During 1954 arrangements were made under the above Act for
the burial of 7 bodies. The total expenses of these burials amounted
to £52 8s. 6d., of which the sum of £25 1s. 9d. was recovered, making
the nett cost to the Council of £27 6s. 9d.
Exhumations.—At the Greenwich Cemetery the bodies of 19
' Free Norwegians ' who died during the war period were exhumed
for the purposes of cremation and the return of their ashes to
Norway.
The Sanitary Inspector for the district was present to see that
the usual precautions were observed.
| Inspections- | |
|---|---|
| Houses inspected (House-to-House) | 239 |
| „ „ (Complaints, nuisances)... | 1,650 |
| „ „ (Infectious Disease) | 208 |
| „ „ (Overcrowding) | 164 |
| Re-inspeotions, calls made, eto. | 12,752 |
| Inspections of Factories | 398 |
| „ „ Shops | 98 |
| » >. Piggeries | 21 |
| „ „ Caravans | 21 |
| „ „ Pet Shops | 4 |
| „ „ Stables and yards | 24 |
| „ ,, Urinals | 160 |
| „ ,, Houses let in Lodgings | 16 |
| „ „ Outworkers premises | 141 |
| „ „ Miscellaneous | 1,331 |
| Inspection of Premises (Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933) | 11 |
| „ ,, „ (Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954) | 29 |
| Investigations (Rats and Mice) | 365 |
| On notioe from Builder | 769 |
| 18,401 | |