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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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Summary of Work Performed by the Public Health Inspectors during the Year 1961
| Inspections— | |
| Houses inspected (House-to-House) | 10 |
| (Complaints, nuisances) | 1,113 |
| (Infectious Disease) | 183 |
| (Overcrowding) | 49 |
| Hairdressers or Barbers | 67 |
| Licensed Victuallers | 29 |
| Underground Rooms | 24 |
| Pet Shops | 7 |
| Stabler and yards | 11 |
| Urinals | 25 |
| Houses let in Lodgings | 3 |
| Outworkers premises | 72 |
| Under Clean Air Act | 4,885 |
| Miscellaneous | 977 |
| Inspection of Premises (Slum Clearance) | 79 |
| (Rent Acts) | 28 |
| Investigations (Rats and Mice) | 259 |
| Investigations (Insect Pests) | 53 |
| On notice from Architects and Builders | 651 |
| Re-inspections, calls made, etc | 7,904 |
| 16,887 | |
| Drains— | |
| Drains tested—by smoke | 95 |
| —by water | 486 |
| Opened, cleansed and repaired | 389 |
| Reconstructions and additions | 313 |
| Inspection chambers constructed | 260 |
| New covers to manholes | 137 |
| Soil and vent shafts repaired or renewed | 249 |
| Traps (gully) | 327 |
| Drains sealed off, etc | 138 |
| Yards and forecourts drained | 101 |
| Waterclosets and Urinals— | |
| W.C. Compartments erected or repaired | 309 |
| W.C. fittings repaired or renewed | 229 |
| W.C. pedestals installed or renewed | 445 |
| Sanitary conveniences or improvements effected to Factories and Workplaces | 9 |
| Urinals cleansed or repaired | 17 |
| Dustbins— Provided | 166 |
| Pavings— | |
| Yards and Forecourts | 96 |
| General Water Supply— | |
| Water Fittings amended | 292 |
| Water supply restored | 11 |
| Extra water supply to tenement houses | — |
| Water supply certificates granted (Sect. 95) |