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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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Public Conveniences.
There are seven underground public conveniences in the
Borough under the control of the Borough Engineer and Surveyor.
They are visited regularly every month by the sanitary inspectors,
the lady inspector visiting the women's side.
Any special matters are brought to the notice of the Health
Committee.
In addition there are ten urinals.
The Shops Act, 1934.
At the end of the year there were some 1340 premises in the
Borough to which this Act applies.
All the sanitary inspectors were appointed inspectors for the
purposes of the Act, each inspector dealing with the shops in his
district with the exception of the sampling officer who deals with
all shops where food is sold for human consumption.
The summary below indicates the work carried out under the Act during the year :—
| No. of visits paid by the Inspectors during the year | 681 |
| No. of Notices served | 13 |
| No. of shops in which extra sanitary conveniences were provided | 6 |
| No. of shops in which means of heating were provided | 6 |
| No. of exemption certificates granted | 6 |
Public Health (London) Act, 1936.—Sec. 224.
This section enables a magistrate's order to be obtained for
the compulsory removal to a suitable hospital or other institution
of aged and infirm persons.
No application was found necessary last year. Efforts were
made to get into touch with relatives, friends or other interested
persons and satisfactory arrangements made for removal to a
suitable institution or care at home,