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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 1969
[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 1969
| Inspections— | |
| Houses inspected (Complaints, nuisances) | 4,730 |
| „ „ (Infectious Disease) | 2,956 |
| „ „ (Overcrowding and other Housing Applicants) | 396 |
| Inspections of Factories | 262 |
| „ „ Licensed Victuallers and Clubs | 303 |
| „ „ Underground Rooms | 43 |
| „ „ Pet Shops | 100 |
| „ „ Stables and Yards | _ |
| „ „ Urinals | 11 |
| „ „ Houses in Multiple Occupation | 99 |
| „ „ Outworkers' premises | 133 |
| „ Under Clean Air Act | 4,230 |
| „ Miscellaneous | 16,573 |
| Inspection of Premises (Clearance Areas) | 237 |
| „ „ „ (Improvement Grants) | 434 |
| „ „ „ (Individual Unfit Houses) | 443 |
| ,, ,, ,, (Rent Acts) | 30 |
| Inspections of Offices Shops and Railway premises | 1,120 |
| Investigations (Rats and Mice) | 735 |
| Investigations (Insect Pests) | 791 |
| On Notice from Architects and Builders | 357 |
| Re-inspections, calls made, etc | 5,377 |
| 39,360 | |
| Drains— | |
| Drains Tested—by smoke | 37 |
| ,, ,, —by water | _ |
| Opened, cleansed and repaired | 943 |
| Yards and forecourts drained | 2 |
| W.C. Compartments erected or repaired | 50 |
| W.C. fittings repaired or renewed | 109 |
| W.C. pedestals installed or renewed | 33 |
| Sanitary conveniences or improvements effected to Factories and Workplaces | 45 |
| Urinals cleansed or repaired | 5 |
| Dustbins— | |
| Provided | 6 |
| Pavings- | |
| Yards and Forecourts | 7 |