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Greenwich 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich]

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Shelter provided under sec. 60 (4) of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891—
Number of persons accommodated during the year —
Number of Tenement Houses provided with Additional
Water Supply —
Number of Prosecutions ditto —
Inland Revenue Acts—
Number of Houses for which applications were received
during year 1
Number of Tenements comprised therein —
Number of Tenements for which Certificates were
granted —
Number of Prosecutions under By-laws under Public Health
Act, 1891—
(а) For prevention of nuisance arising from snow,
ice, salt, filth, &c. —
(b) For prevention of nuisance arising from offensive
matter running out of any manufactory, &c. —
(c) For the prevention of keeping of animals in such
a manner as to be injurious to health —
(d) As to paving of yards, &c., of dwelling houses —
(e) In connection with the removal of offensive
matter, &c. —
(f) As to cesspools and privies, removal and disposal
of refuse, &c. —
(g) For securing the cleanliness of tanks, cisterns, &c. —
(h) With respect to water closets, earth closets, &c. —
(i) With respect to sufficiency of water supply to water
closets —
(j) With respect to drainage, &c. (Metropolis Management
Act, sec. 202) —
(k) With respect to deposit of plans as to drainage,
&e. (Metropolis Management Acts Amendment
(By-laws) Act, 1899) —
Mortuaries —
Total Number of Bodies Removed 223
Total Number of Infectious Bodies Removed 1
224
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS, 1917.
Apart from the proceedings under the Sale of Food and Drugs
Act, 2 other summonses were needed.