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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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BOROUGH OF GREENWICH.
Proceedings during 1917.
| Premises. | Number of Places— | Number of Inspections, 1917. | Number of Notices, 1917. | N umber of Prosecutions, 1917. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Register at end of 1916. | Added in 1917. | Re-moved in 1917. | On Register at end of 1917. | ||||
| Milk premises | 142 | 5 | 20 | 127 | 153 | 10 | ... |
| Cowsheds | 4 | ... | ... | 4 | 10 | ... | ... |
| Slaughterhouses | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 25 | ... | ... |
| Other Offensive Trade Premises | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ice Cream Premises | 108 | ... | 4 | 103 | 61 | ... | ... |
| Registered Houses Let in Lodgings | 247 | ... | ... | 247 | 202 | (a)*... | |
| (b)*... | |||||||
*(a) For Overcrowding. *(b) For other conditio is.
Total number of Intimation Notices served for all purposes 989
Overcrowding, 1917—
Number of Dwelling-rooms Overcrowded 18
Number Remedied 18
Number of Prosecutions
Underground Rooms—
Illegal Occupation dealt with during year 5
Number of Rooms Closed 5
Insanitary Houses—
Number Closed voluntarily under the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891
Number Closed voluntarily under the Housing of the
Working Classes Acts ..
Number of Verminous Premises Cleansed under sec. 20 of
the L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1904 17
Number of Baths given to School Children under Cleansing
of Persons Act 1,033