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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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Table: COMMON LODGING HOUSES.—The particulars with regard to the common lodging houses in the Borough are contained in the following table. Visits of inspection have been regularly made during the year:—

COMMON LODGING HOUSES.—The particulars with regard to the common lodging houses in the Borough are contained in the following table. Visits of inspection have been regularly made during the year:—

Address.Registered Owner.Registered Number of Occupants.Average Attendance.
Pentonville Road, 19-23Mrs. Shuttleworth9778
White Lion Street, 57Do.9760
Clerkenwell Green, 35J. H. Clay tor7368
St. John's Lane, 34Mrs. Hensman4830
Old Street, 97Wm. Cragg8060
Banner Street, 6Church Army140130
Totals535426

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HOUSE-TO-HOUSE INSPECTION.-Routine inspections of this
type have been made by each of the Inspectors in his own district.
The number made during the year was 534. In 360—or 67.0 per
cent.—of these houses, sanitary defects were found.