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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 1905
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1905 including annual report on factories and workshops
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Complaints from the Education Department of the London County
Council.— Twenty-two of these cases have been investigated by
Mrs. Greenwood and Miss Jones, and in every case steps have been
taken to improve the conditions found.
Summary ok Work Done during the Year.
| Mrs. Greenwood. | Miss* Jones. | |
|---|---|---|
| First Visits:— | ||
| Measles | 117 | 178 |
| Births | 850 | 1235 |
| Infant Deaths | 189 | 189 |
| Outworkers | 427 | 141 |
| Workshops | 247 | 94 |
| Factories | 13 | — |
| Sundries | 118 | 80 |
| Revisits:— | ||
| Measles | 72 | 125 |
| Births | 467 | 453 |
| Deaths | 137 | 79 |
| Outworkers | 75 | 28 |
| Workshops | 69 | 30 |
| Factories | 3 | — |
| Sundries | 33 | 18 |
| Dirty rooms stripped and cleansed | 55 | 29 |
| Dirty floors and bedding cleansed | 25 | 10 |
| Dwelling rooms overcrowded | 10 | 7 |
| Dirty workshops | 12 | 4 |
| Workshops overcrowded | 2 | 2 |
| „ insufficiently ventilated | 2 | 2 |
| „ no separate sanitary convenience accommodation for sexes | 2 | - |
| ,, no hood to gas stoves | 2 | — |
| Underground rooms illegally occupied | 3 | — |
| Sanitary conveniences cleansed | 41 | 19 |
| „ „ defects remedied | 34 | 30 |
| Dirty yards and defective paving | 22 | 3 |
| Dustbins absent or defective | 15 | |
| Defective roofs | 3 | 6 |
| Wash-houses, walls and ceilings defective, &c. | 20 | - |
| Other nuisances | 6 | 15 |
| Intimation notices served | 176 | 112 |
| Statutory notices served | 23 | 11 |
In addition to the above nuisances the following matters have been
referred to the District Sanitary Inspectors :—43 defective closets and
drains; 24 dirty and dilapidated rooms and houses; 13 defective roofs;
10 dirty yards and defective paving ; and 13 other matters requiring
structural alteration.
The figures in this column include work from March 27th to December
30th only.