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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 OP SANITARY WORK— continued.

SUMMARY OP SANITARY WORK— continued.

First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.Total.
Drains.
Constructed6......28
Interceptor Chamber, and Fresh Air Inlet673218
Other Chambers45514
Reconstructed or Repaired36703232170
Opened, Cleansed and Amended431136438258
Surface Drains Constructed169121552
Traps Fixed53443230159
New Soil Pipes386219
Drains and Soil Pipes Ventilated8194233
Drains Tested—by Smoke22433629130
„ „ by Water26163425101
,, „ by Chemicals23...831
Found Defective48594639192
Yards Drained758121
Mews and Stables Drained...............
Washhonses Drained...............
Forecourts Drained6.........6
Areas Drained463215
Cesspools Abolished.........11
Water Closets and Urinals.
Closets Erected19374...60
Sanitary Conveniences or improvements effected to Factories and Workshops213914...74
W.C.s and Lavatory Basins...............
Pan, Traps and Water Supply furnished3141845125
Pans and Traps only furnished1632221989
Pans only furnished41612941
Water Supply Apparatus provided285520
Water Supply renewed1422132069
Water Supply disconnected from Drinking Water Cisteru11......2
Soil Pans properly Trapped1717211368
Cleansed and Repaired46155135147
Newly constructed or better situated...............
Ventilation Improved24118
Public-house Urinals Cleansed or Repaired1213161152
Other Urinals Altered...1...12
Repaired or Water laid on...4......4
Urinals Erected3.........3