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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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Table: Summary of Defaults and Defects in Factories, Work-shops and Workplaces for which Notices were served during 1910.

Summary of Defaults and Defects in Factories, Work-shops and Workplaces for which Notices were served during 1910.

Workshops.Factories.Work-places.Totals.
Dirty workshops and workplaces16212165
Damp and dilapidated premises83295117
Dirty passages and staircases16...218
Overcrowded workshops7......7
Insufficient ventilation11......11
Fumes from gas stoves and acid3......3
Drainage of floors1......1
Water supply inadequate12...3
Sanitary conveniences, cleansing751156196
Sanitary conveniences, defects10516416285
No sanitary convenience...112
Insufficient sanitary convenience accomodation105...15
Improper use of sanitary conveniences by both sexes36...9
Defective soil pipes14...5
Yards cleansed, paved, or paving repaired163322
Defective sinks and gullies1728853
Water cisterns dirty and defective1624343
Accumulations of refuse126220
Dustbins, defective or absent3917258
Drainage defective410317
Rain-water pipes choked or broken72211
Stables in need of limewashing......1414
Stable paving or drainage defective1...34
Keeping pigs......22
Nuisance from dead rats...1...1
Nuisance from stagnant water11...2
Manure receptacles1...12
Totals592419751,086

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In connection with these defects, 477 intimation and 60
statutory notices were served to secure their remedy and abatement.