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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 1903
Report on the public health of 1903
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| Houses Closed. | Number of Persons re-moved into Houses else-where in Finsbury. | Number of Persons re-moved out of Finsbury. | Total removals traced. | Removals not traced. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From Area C (F.B.C.) | 29 | 23 | 52 | — | 52 |
| From Area E (F.B.C.) | 31 | 50 | 81 | — | 81 |
| From houses closed owing to street improvements, commercial in-vasion, etc. | 331 | 207 | 538 | 87 | 625 |
| Totals | 391 | 280 | 671 | 87 | 758 |
It will be remembered that the total removals from the
insanitary areas under Part I. (London County Council) during
1903 was 593, and the whole total for the year is, therefore, 1351.
From the above table it will be seen that of the removals
traced 51 per cent. of the persons remained in Finsbury.
III—THE MAINTENANCE OF SANITATION IN
HOUSE PROPERTY.
The sanitary supervision of existing houses is one of the
most important parts of the housing question in Finsbury. It
cannot be doubted that the problem of housing in London is
what it is to-day very largely indeed because in the past strict
sanitary supervision of existing houses has been neglected.
This sanitary supervision, to be effective, must be two-fold in
its application, namely, it must deal with house structure and
sanitary maintenance (houses let in lodgings, house to house
inspection, etc.) and with overcrowding of persons. During 1903
a large amount of time has been devoted to this subject. For
convenience it may be reported in sections as follows:—