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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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On the nth January I accordingly represented the premises
as unfit for human habitation, and the Council made a Closing Order
prohibiting its use for human habitation.
Underground Rooms.—The Council made Regulations in 1937
for controlling the occupation of underground rooms. The Regulations
are similar to the Model Regulations issued by the Ministry of
Health. Last year 86 rooms were re-conditioned.
Lighting of Staircases of Tenement Buildings.
Power is given by the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, to
require the lighting of staircases of tenement buildings.
Last year four notices were served in this matter, and the
mecessary lighting was provided.
Housing Applications.
115 families last year were recommended for priority treatment
by the Health Department.
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 | 321 |
| No. of applications received for County Dwellings | 60 |
| No of cases of hardship | 118 |
| No of cases with no relative hardship | 263 |
| No. of applicants for accommodation in Finsbury removed from register: | |
| (a) Withdrawals | 1 |
| (b) Removed from recorded address | 5 |
| No. of applications transmitted on behalf of Borough Council to the London County Council with priority recommendation | 115 |
| No. of recommended applicants accommodated by L.C.C. | 32 |
| No. of recommended applicants refused by L.C.C. | 0 |
| No. of direct applications to L.C.C. acceded to last year | 89 |
| 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. | 19 |