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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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Table: Summary of Offences in Factories and Workshops for which Notices were served during 1902.

Summary of Offences in Factories and Workshops for which Notices were served during 1902.

Summary of Offences in Factories and Workshops for which Notices were served during 1902.
Dirty staircases, cleansed8
Dilapidated workshops, repaired23
Dirty workshops, cleansed120
Overcrowding in workshops, reduced8
Workshop ventilation, improved2
Sanitary conveniences cleansed, repaired, &c.328
Insufficient sanitary convenience accommodation, provided43
Urinals unclean or defective, remedied23
Soil pipes defective or unventilated, remedied14
Yard paving defective or dirty, remedied23
Sinks and gullies defective, repaired44
Water-cisterns foul or uncovered, remedied10
Accumulations of refuse or manure11
Dustbins defective or absent52
Drainage defective27
Rain-water pipes defective, &c.12
Wash-house paving defective or undrained2
Animals improperly kept in workshops2
Black smoke, abated1

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In addition to work in all parts of the Borough, the workshop
Inspector has also completed a certain amount of systematic
inspection. It is proposed to go through every street in the
Borough in due course, so that eventually we may obtain a