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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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REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE LADY SANITARY
INSPECTOR FOR 1926.
The following is a summary of the work of the Lady Sanitary
Inspector during 1926 :—
Visits and re-visits :—
Factories (other than outworkers' premises) 335
Workshops (other than outworkers' premises) 376
Outworkers' premises 768
Complaints of verminous conditions 1,363
Other complaints 14
Visits made in connection with notices served 70
2,926
Intimation Notices served in connection with factories
and workshops 90
Intimation Notices served in connection with other
premises 171
261
Statutory Notices served 3
Summary of matters for which Notices were served:—
Dirty and dilapidated premises 276
Leaky roofs 15
Sanitary conveniences dilapidated, dirty, insufficient 116
Drains choked, leaky 12
Rain-water pipes and gutters choked, leaky 4
Damp walls 3
Dustbins absent, broken 11
Other nuisances 16