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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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Summary of Defaults and Defects in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces for which Notices were served during 1903.
| Dirty staircases, &c., cleansed | 13 |
| Damp and dilapidated workshops, repaired | 9 |
| Dirty workshops, cleansed | 136 |
| Overcrowded workrooms | 28 |
| Ventilation of workshops, improved | 31 |
| Sanitary conveniences, cleansed | 102 |
| Sanitary conveniences, defects remedied | 202 |
| Insufficient sanitary convenience accommodation | 35 |
| Defective soil pipes, repaired or reconstructed | 16 |
| Yards cleansed, paved, or paving repaired | 19 |
| Defective sinks and gullies, repaired | 11 |
| Water-cisterns cleansed and defects remedied | 51 |
| Accumulations of refuse and manure | 11 |
| Dustbins and manure receptacles defective or absent | 87 |
| Drainage defective, repaired or reconstructed | 42 |
| Rain-water pipes defective, &c. | 13 |
| Wash-house paving defective or undrained | 4 |
| Workshop roofs and gutters defective | 9 |
| Stable paving defective or undrained | 10 |
| Black smoke observations | 4 |
In addition to the routine work of the inspector, systematic
inspection has been made of the factories, workshops and workplaces
in the following streets, &c. : St. John Street Road, King's
Cross Road (part), Pentonville Road, White Lion Street, Chapel