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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 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich]

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Table: Summary of Sanitary Work performed during theYear 1917.

Summary of Sanitary Work performed during the

Year 1917.

First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.Total.
Inspections. Houses Inspected under Public
Health (London) Act, 1891, &c.6306786565762540
Houses let in Lodgings...1014529
Re-Inspections, Calls made, &c.20722003194318687886
Inspections of Bakehouses6557959199
„ Factories and Workshops92100101124417
„ Outworkers Premises25423715159
„ Slaughterhouses143210
„ Cowhouses12328
„ Stables and Yards42494 145176
„ Piggeries1157
„ Courts and Alleys28202535108
„ Fields, Lanes, Ac1816221268
„ Urinals1614202070
„ Gipsy Vans...............
„ Horse Slaughterhouses3510624
„ Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops9213489153
„ Soap Boilers...............
,, Other Offensive Trades...............
„ Ice Cream Places...529...61
„ Other places where Food is prepared7654224138
„ MiLtary Quarters2...71120
„ Air Raid Shelters............1818
Total295331373045291612091