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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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12.
SECTION "C" - SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
SECTION "C" – SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES. Summary of inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors –
| Total number of first visits | 6621 |
| Total number of re-visits. | 6088 |
| Shops Act Inspections | 131 |
| Visits to verminous premises | 249 |
| Inspections of Air Raid Shelters | 158 |
| House to House Inspections | 46 |
| House Inspections | 828 |
| Infectious Disease Investigations | 216 |
| Investigation of complaints | 766 |
| Visits to houses let in lodgings . | 509 |
| Visits to Butchers Shops and Stalls | 2873 |
| Visits to public Sanitary Conveniences | 403 |
| Street Traders' Premises Inspected | 96 |
DRAINAGE.
The number of drainage plans deposited and approved during the year was 20. The following is a summary of the work done:-
| Water closet defects remedied | 160 |
| Water closets erected | 95 |
| Urinal defects remedied | 9 |
| Urinals erected | 3 |
| Soil pipe and ventilating shaft defects remedied | 17 |
| Soil pipe and ventilating shafts erected | 24 |
| Waste pipe defects remedied | 52 |
| Waste pipes erected | 51 |
| Drains re-laid or amended and sealed | 123 |
| Drains cleared or tested | 166 |
| Rain water pipes cleared, repaired or renewed | 47 |
COMPLAINTS.
The total nunber of complaints received was 766
NOTICES SERVED.
The following numbers of notices were served requiring the abatement
of nuisances and the remedying of defects:-
Number of Intimation Notices . 388
Number of Statutory Notices . 2
RAT REPRESSION.
366 complaints were received in 1943 on which the necessary investigations
were made by the Rodent Officer and appropriate action taken.