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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
Finsbury 1902
Report on the public health of 1902
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during 1902, is, in my judgment, that which, in the long run, will
prove most efficacious and also most equitable. Expressed in a
few words it is—
1. The strict sanitary supervision and maintenance of
existing houses.
2. The strict enforcement of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891, as it affects house property and overcrowding,
as far as is compatible with justice and
equity.
3. Action under Part II. of the housing of the Working
Classes Act for houses and small areas which are
beyond repair, when necessary.
4. The improvement of transit.‡
‡ Housing Report, pp 98-103.