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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 1926

Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1926

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Table: WORK OF THE STAFF. The work of the staff is presented below in tabular form:— Work of the Sanitary Inspectors, 1926.

WORK OF THE STAFF. The work of the staff is presented below in tabular form:— Work of the Sanitary Inspectors, 1926.

Inspector Davis.Inspector Longden.Inspector Norman.Inspector Newdick.Totals
Houses damp, dirty or dilapidated, remedied133161183128605
Doors, windows, floors, walls, ceilings, sashcords repaired.202183143114642
Overcrowding cases abated in other than Registered Houses506011
Illegal occupation of underground rooms.30205
Water closet defects remedied164145245112666
Water closets erected73681149309
Urinal defects remedied4316326
Urinals erected2091324
Soil pipe and ventilating shaft defects remedied21427245
Soil pipe and ventilating shafts erected1964236103
Yard defects remedied415211367273
Waste pipe defects remedied23327870
Waste pipes erected166413598
Water cistern defects remedied778I23
Accumulations of rubbish or manure removed13314636
Dung or dust receptacles repaired or renewed58667168263
Drains relaid or amended35256284206
Drains cleared22443826130
Rain water pipes cleared, repaired or renewed1317422294
Water supply to houses reinstated81009
Roofs and gutters repaired10411311442373
Area defects remedied426221264