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Finsbury 1923

Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1923

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Work of the Lady Sanitary Inspector, 1923.
Visits and re-visits as follows:—
Homeworkers 467
Infectious disease investigations 373
Workshops and factories 1,359
Scabies and other skin diseases 356
Other visits 27
Number of notices served 234
Rooms and tenements dirt 69
W.C.'s dirty or defective 97
Yard walls dirty or paving broken 12
Flooring ana sashcords broken 5
Workshops dirty or overcrowded 49
Dustbins dilapidated or absent 3
Roofs leaky 2
Pipes leaky 8
Pipes choked 3
Accumulations of refuse 3
Gully grid absent 2
Rooms verminous 12
Lavatory basins and sinks foul 14
W.C. accommodation unsuitable 7
No intervening ventilating space between W.C's and
workroom 8
Matters reported to H.M. Inspector of Factories—
No abstract affixed 2
New occupation of premises 2

WORK OF THE STAFF. The work of the staff is presented below in tabular form:-Work of the Sanitary Inspectors. 1923.

Inspector Davis.Inspector Longden.Inspector Norman.Inspector Newdick.Totals
Houses damp, dirty or dilapidated, remedied168120131147566
Doors, windows, floors, walls, ceilings, sashcords repaired221154122124621
Overcrowding cases abated in other than Registered Houses1..3..4
Illegal occupation of underground rooms....2..2
Water closet defects remedied172133204161670
Water closets erected751153108247
Urinal defects remedied....11718
Urinals erected53111635
Soil pipe and ventilating shafts erected2683834106
Soil pipe and ventilating shaft delects remedied2731343
Yard defects remedied7649122106353
Waste pipe defects remedied219202465
Waste pipes erected3164735119
Water cistern defects remedied131481045
Accumulations of rubbish or manure removed19!320759
Dung or dust receptacles repaired or renewed37425454187
Drains relaid or amended58273542162
Drains cleared18614016135
Rain water pipes cleared, repaired or renewed23144638121
Water supply to houses reinstated52119
Roofs and gutters repaired1258710862382
Area defects remedied41431857