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Finsbury 1923

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

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Table: Work of the Sanitary Inspectors,1923—continued.

Work of the Sanitary Inspectors,1923—continued.

Inspector Davis.Inspector Longden.Inspector Norman.Inspector Newdick.Totals.
Washhouse defects remedied72607869279
Animal nuisances abated..6....6
Floor space unventilated11....2
Stables cleansed or repaired....2..2
Smoke observations1..102132
Water supply laid on to upper storeys of house11....2
Miscellaneous nuisances abated91532062226
Drains tested7810011846342
Bakehouses, inspections16302832106
Bakehouses cleansed or repaired2713628
Restaurants, No. of inspections50176769203
Restaurants cleansed or repaired73221345
Milkshops, No. of inspections42334359177
Milkshops cleansed or repaired29122245
Public-houses cleansed or repaired....5..5
Ice Cream Premises—No. of inspections58143220124
Ice Cream Manufactories cleansed or repaired4611526
Butchers' shops cleansed or repaired111..3
Fish Purveyors' Shops cleansed or repaired3......3
Registered Houses—visits of inspection1103112315166234365
Registered Houses — Overcrowding cases abated1..4..5
Registered Houses—cleansed22018016890658
Registered Houses—Intimation (Cleansing) Notices served22018716880655
Registered Houses—Statutory (Cleansing) Notices served4828356117
First visits (complaints, casual visits)14271547118415115669
Re-visits25742262316914079412
Intimation Notices served5845rI5793972071
Statutory Notices served72608417233
Infectious disease investigations203250216159828
House inspections3683472973811393
House to house inspections74756217228
Canal Boats inspected......7777
Cowsheds—No. of inspections..........
Slaughterhouses—No. of inspections..32....32
Slaughterhouses — No. of notices served..........
Verminous tenements—No. of Inspections..........
Verminous tenements cleansed by Borough Council..• •....• •

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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH
(LONDON) ACT, 1891.
Date
1923.
Name and Address of
Defendant.
Offence.
Result.
Nov. 6th
W. Palmer, 286, Goswell
Road
Failing to comply with notice requiring
abatement of nuisance at
280, Goswell Road
Order made for
abatement of
nuisance with
in 21 days and
payment of
£2 2s. costs
Nov. 6th
W. J Nicholls, 17,
Minard Road, Hither
Green, S.E.
Failing to comply with notice requiring
abatement of nuisance at
59, Bastwick Street
Fined 1s. and
£2 2s. costs.
Nov. 6th
W. J. Nicholls, 17,
Minard Road, Hither
Green, S.E.
Failing to comply with notice requiring
abatement of nuisance at
61, Bastwick Street
Work completed.
Summons withdrawn
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE HOUSING, TOWN
PLANNING, Etc., ACT, 1909.
Date,
1923.
Name and Address of
Defendant.
Offence.
Result.
Jan. 30th
Alfred McDonald, 6,
Union Place
Failing to vacate 6, Union Place,
after notice of a Closing Order
had been served upon him
Warrant of
ejectment
granted