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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 1913
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1913
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Summary of Defaults and Defects in Factories, Work-shops and Workplaces for which Notices were served during 1913.
| Work. shops. | Factories. | Work. places. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dirty workshops and workplaces | 71 | 2 | 1 | 74 |
| Damp and dilapidated premises | 14 | 3 | ... | 17 |
| Dirty passages and staircases | 15 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| Overcrowding of workshops | 7 | ... | ... | 7 |
| Insufficient ventilation | 14 | ... | ... | 14 |
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Water supply lacking or inadequate | 2 | 4 | ... | 6 |
| Sanitary conveniences, dirty | 97 | 27 | 7 | 131 |
| Sanitary conveniences, defective | 54 | 33 | 13 | 100 |
| No sanitary convenience | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 |
| Insufficient sanitary convenience accommodation | 17 | 17 | 2 | 36 |
| Improper use of sanitary conveniences by both sexes | 12 | 4 | 5 | 21 |
| Yards dirty, or paving worn | 11 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| Storage cisterns dirty or defective | 11 | 1 | ... | 12 |
| Accumulations of refuse | 12 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| Dustbins, defective or absent | 32 | 5 | 2 | 39 |
| Drainage defective or choked | 10 | 5 | 1 | 16 |
| Rain-water pipes choked or broken | 3 | ... | 1 | 4 |
| Stables dirty | .. | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Stable paving defective | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Nuisance from rats | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 |
| Absence of guttering | 8 | ... | ... | 8 |
| Waste pipes defective | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| Ventilating pipe defective | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Roofs leaky | 17 | 1 | ... | 18 |
| Nuisances from emission of black smoke | ... | 3 | ... | 3 |
| Totals | 414 | 118 | 40 | 572 |
In connection with these defects 280 intimation notices and 60
statutory notices were served,