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Finsbury 1925

Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1925

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WORK OF THE STAFF. The work of the staff is presented below in tabular form:— Work of the Sanitary Inspectors. 1925.

Inspector Davis.Inspector Longden.Inspector Norman.Inspector Newdick.Totals
Houses damp, dirty or dilapidated, remedied141156229130656
Doors, windows, floors, walls, ceilings, sashcords repaired182185211121699
Overcrowding case9 abated in other than Registered Houses22116
Illegal occupation of underground rooms112
Water closet defects remedied188I40289115732
Water closets erectedIl658765273
Urinal defects remedied729
Urinals erected122131542
Soil pipe and ventilating shaft defects remedied2731343
Soil pipe and ventilating shafts erected298471498
Yard defects remedied494817190358
Waste pipe defects remedied431421188
Waste pipes erected262422292
Water cistern defects remedied3229842
Accumulations of rubbish or manure removed141118649
Dung or dust receptacles repaired or renewed102757995351
Drains relaid or amended24394542150
Drains cleared22523420128
Rain water pipes cleared, repaired or renewed1711551295
Water supply to houses reinstated2114
Roofs and gutters repaired1148114153389
Area defects remedied515561187