Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1907 including annual report on factories and workshops
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Work of Sanitary Inspectors.
Inspector Davis. | Inspector Longden. | Inspector Norman. | Inspector Matson. | Inspector Draper. | Inspector Jackson. | Total. | |
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Houses damp,dirty or dilapidated remedied | 92 | 108 | 110 | 120 | 169 | 118 | 717 |
Doors, windows, floors, ceilings, sash cords, &c., repaired | 31 | 13 | 25 | 192 | 108 | 20 | 389 |
Overcrowding cases abated in other than registered houses | 7 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 54 |
Illegal occupations of underground rcoms | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Water-closet defects remedied | 220 | 356 | 341 | 328 | 318 | 201 | 1764 |
Water-closets erected | 109 | 15 | 14 | 213 | 74 | 24 | 449 |
Urinal defects remedied | 7 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 45 |
Urinals erected | 2 | _ | _ | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
Soil pipe and ventilating shaft defects remedied | 14 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 50 |
Soil pipes and ventilating shafts erected | 18 | 8 | 20 | 44 | 20 | 5 | 115 |
Yard defects remedied | 76 | 33 | 103 | 233 | 158 | 80 | 683 |
Waste pipe defects remedied | 17 | 9 | 33 | 23 | 36 | 11 | 129 |
Waste pipes erected | 16 | 2 | 45 | 18 | 6 | 87 | |
Water cistern defects remedied | 16 | 5 | 20 | 42 | 12 | 10 | 105 |
Rubbish, manure, &c., accumula-tions removed | 24 | 7 | 12 | 34 | 24 | 18 | 119 |
Dung or dust receptacles repaired or renewed | 35 | 44 | 150 | 53 | 39 | 46 | 367 |
Drains relaid or amended | 38 | 35 | 69 | 59 | 58 | 61 | 320 |
Drains cleared | 7 | 15 | 41 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 121 |
Rain water pipes repaired or renewed | 53 | 7 | 39 | 12 | 25 | 22 | 158 |
Water supply to houses re-instated | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
Roofs and gutters repaired | 12 | 28 | 77 | 49 | 68 | 26 | 260 |
Area defects remedied | 7 | 20 | 15 | 57 | 26 | 24 | 149 |
Washhouse defects remedied | 24 | 9 | 72 | 89 | 109 | 37 | 340 |
Bakehouses cleansed or repaired | 9 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 26 |
Animal nuisances abated | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 16 |
Basement defects remedied | 4 | 10 | 1 | 78 | 44 | 1 | 138 |
Stables cleansed or repaired | 2 | — | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
Miscellaneous nuisances abated | 43 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 94 |
Restaurants cleansed or repaired | 64 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 136 |
Smoke observations | 20 | 39 | 12 | 29 | 16 | 11 | 127 |
Overcrowding cases abated in registered houses | 5 | 5 | 39 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 67 |
Registered houses cleansed through-out | 90 | 194 | 227 | 197 | 149 | 303 | 1160 |
Registered houses — Intimation Notices served | 90 | 197 | 235 | 197 | 151 | 303 | 1173 |
Registered houses — Statutory Notices served | 33 | 40 | 121 | 79 | 26 | 91 | 390 |
First visits on complaint, &c. | 943 | 1311 | 1560 | 1074 | 1258 | 1532 | 7678 |
Re-visits | 4286 | 4902 | 5168 | 4012 | 4371 | 3758 | 26497 |
Intimation Notices served | 400 | 469 | 745 | 438 | 489 | 401 | 2942 |
Statutory Notices served | 57 | 52 | 102 | 35 | 45 | 52 | 343 |
Infectious disease house inspections | 113 | 229 | 254 | 225 | 108 | 304 | 1233 |
House inspections | 12 | 209 | I06 | 198 | 160 | 445 | 1130 |
House to house inspections | 102 | 126 | 121 | 176 | 219 | 62 | 806 |
Canal boats inspected | - | - | - | - | 103 | - | 103 |