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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 1908
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1908 including annual report on factories and workshops
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D.—HOUSING.
No action was taken under the Housing of the Working Classes
Acts during 1908. To obtain improvement in housing in the
Borough continual supervision has been maintained by the members
of the staff, and remedies obtained either by means of notices under
the Public Health Act or Bye-laws, or by means of pressure brought to
bear upon the owners of property. By this latter means considerable
improvements have been, or are being made, in certain properties
situated in Sidney Place, Sidney Grove, and Frederick Row.
HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS. -The houses on the register under
the Bye-laws relating to Houses Let in Lodgings have been closely
supervised for the detection of over-crowding and other nuisances.
A number of notices have been served and, where necessary, proceedings
have been taken to enforce the carrying out of the
requirements, especially in connection with the annual cleansing in
April, which is called for by the Bve-laws.
The number of houses placed on and removed from the register since 1900, is set out in the following table :—
| Year. | No. placed on Register. | No. Removed. | On Register at end of Year. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | — | — | 327 | ||
| 1901 | — | — | 327 | ||
| 1902 | 612 | — | 939 | ||
| 1903 | 170 | — | 1,109 | ||
| 1904 | 52 | 30 | 1,131 | ||
| 1905 | 45 | 7 | 1,169 | ||
| 1906 | 111 | 26 | 1,254 | ||
| 1907 | — | 21 | 1,233 | ||
| 1908 | — | 9 | 1,224 | ||