London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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The following summary gives particulars of the applications dealt with last year in the Town Clerk's Department:—
| No. of applications received for Borough Dwellings | 469 |
| No. of applications received for County Dwellings | 98 |
| No. of cases of hardship | 225 |
| No. of cases with no relative hardship | 342 |
| No. of applicants for accommodation in Finsbury removed from register: | |
| (a) Withdrawals | 1 |
| (6) Removed from recorded address | 2 |
| No. of applications transmitted on behalf of Borough Council to the London County Council with priority recommendation | 127 |
| No. of recommended applicants accommodated by L.C.C | 46 |
| No. of recommended applicants refused by L.C.C. | 1 |
| No. of direct applications to L.C.C. acceded to last year | 78 |
| No. of warning letters as to reletting sent by Health Department to landlords of premises vacated by tenants accommodated by the Borough Council or the L.C.C | 31 |