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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 1910
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1910
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The stable dwellings remaining in the Borough are given in the following list. They are all frequently inspected.
| Premises. | No. of Occupancies. | No. of Persons. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults. | Children. | |||
| Claremont Mews | 9 | 22 | 11 | 33 |
| Holford Yard | 2 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Holford Mews | 3 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| jay's Buildings | 8 | 35 | 37 | 72 |
| Garnault Mews | 1 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Baker"s Row | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 14, Clerkenwell Close | 1 | 3 | — | 3 |
| 93A, Charterhouse Street | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1. New Court, Peter's Lane | 1 | 2 | — | 2 |
| 82, Bath Street | 1 | 3 | — | 3 |
| 119, Lever Street | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Davis Yard | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Complaints are occasionally received of the nuisance caused by
the cartage of manure from the stables in connection with these
dwellings. This is referred to elsewhere.
GENERAL SANITARY ADMINISTRATION.
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
The number of workshops and workplaces on the Register at
the end of the year was 1970. The factories were 895, and included
7 tenement factories in which one or more rooms are let
out to tenements who pursue their different trades, availing themselves
of the gas or steam power present in the building. These
seven tenement factories accommodate 38 different employers,
each of whom is separately and individually subject to the provisions
of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.