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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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HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS: At the end of the year there were 488 houses on the
Register and 509 visits were made in connection with the Houses Let in Lodgings
Byelaws.
MORTUARY: 53 bodies were received at the mortuary attached to the Health Centre
premises.

Table: DISINFECTION: The following table gives particulars of the disinfection work carm out during 1943. Premises disinfected after:-

DISINFECTION: The following table gives particulars of the disinfection work carm out during 1943. Premises disinfected after:-

Diphtheria53
Measlos314
Vermin and Seabies420
Scarlet Fever137
Tuberculosis16
Whooping Cough37
Miscellaneous116
By request122

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OFFENSIVE TRADES: The following are licenced offensive trade premises:- |
(a) Messrs, Hanson, 187, Whitecross Street, E.C.I.
(b) Messrs. F. & W. warman, Limited, 5, Eagle Court.
(c) Messrs. T. Kondon & Sons, Charterhouse Mews.
335 visits were made in respect of these premises during the year.
OUTWORKERS
No. of Finsbury firms employing outworkers at the end of 1943 168
Total number of outworkers employed by Finsbury firns 2540
Number of outworkers resident in Finsbury 343
FACTORIES aCT, 1937:
During the year 968 first visits and 968 re-visits were made to factories
and 141 intimation notices were served requiring the remedy of defects found.