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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 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]

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Table: SECTION "C" - SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES Tho following is a summary of work undertaken by the Sanitary Inspectors during 1946 –

SECTION "C" - SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES Tho following is a summary of work undertaken by the Sanitary Inspectors during 1946 –

Houses, damp, dirty or remedied738
Doors, windows, floors, walls, ceilings, sashcords repaired714
Overcrowding cases abated in other than Registered Houses21
Illegal occupation of undergroundrooms1
Water closet defects remedied406
Water closets erected152
Urinal defects remedied8
Urinals orocted7
Soil pipo and ventilating shaft dofects remedied39
Solil pipo and ventilating shafts erected40
Yard defects remedied ,136
Waste pipe defects remedied103
Waste pipes erected112
Water cistern defects remedied55
Accumulations of rubbish or manure removed117
Dung or dust receptacles ropairod or renewed ,11l
Drains relaid, amended or sealed111
Drains cleared or tested210
Rain water pipes cleared, repaired or renewed87
Water supply to houses reinstated9
Roofs and gutters repaired441
Area defects romodied •45
".'ash-house dofocts romodiod –126
Animal nuisances abated5
Infectious Disease Investigations170
Stables cleansed or repaired2
Smoko observations93
Water supply laid on to uppor storeys of house18
Miscellaneous nuisances abated246
Common Lodging Houses (visits)31
Butchers Stalls, etc. (visits)4085
Street Traders Storage (visits)173
Old & Infirm Verminous Persons – No.of inspections120
Shops – Inspections115
Shops – No.of notices11
Public Houses cleansed or repaired5
Public Houses – No.of inspections50
Public Conveniences – Inspections504
Registered Housos – visits of inspection854
-do- – overcrowding cases abatod2
-do- – cleansed ... ...157
-do- Intimation (cleansing) notices served157
-do-Statutory (cleansing) notices served1
First visits (complaints, casual visits)8628
Re-visits7885
Intimation Notices served1233
Statutory Notices served32
Canal Boats inspected6
House inspections1827
House to house inspections119
Piggeries – No.of inspections13
Complaints received1369
Verminous prem1ses cleansed by Borough Council – Council property64
Other property163