Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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SECTION "C" - SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES Tho following is a summary of work undertaken by the Sanitary Inspectors during 1946 –
Houses, damp, dirty or remedied | 738 |
Doors, windows, floors, walls, ceilings, sashcords repaired | 714 |
Overcrowding cases abated in other than Registered Houses | 21 |
Illegal occupation of undergroundrooms | 1 |
Water closet defects remedied | 406 |
Water closets erected | 152 |
Urinal defects remedied | 8 |
Urinals orocted | 7 |
Soil pipo and ventilating shaft dofects remedied | 39 |
Solil pipo and ventilating shafts erected | 40 |
Yard defects remedied , | 136 |
Waste pipe defects remedied | 103 |
Waste pipes erected | 112 |
Water cistern defects remedied | 55 |
Accumulations of rubbish or manure removed | 117 |
Dung or dust receptacles ropairod or renewed , | 11l |
Drains relaid, amended or sealed | 111 |
Drains cleared or tested | 210 |
Rain water pipes cleared, repaired or renewed | 87 |
Water supply to houses reinstated | 9 |
Roofs and gutters repaired | 441 |
Area defects romodied • | 45 |
".'ash-house dofocts romodiod – | 126 |
Animal nuisances abated | 5 |
Infectious Disease Investigations | 170 |
Stables cleansed or repaired | 2 |
Smoko observations | 93 |
Water supply laid on to uppor storeys of house | 18 |
Miscellaneous nuisances abated | 246 |
Common Lodging Houses (visits) | 31 |
Butchers Stalls, etc. (visits) | 4085 |
Street Traders Storage (visits) | 173 |
Old & Infirm Verminous Persons – No.of inspections | 120 |
Shops – Inspections | 115 |
Shops – No.of notices | 11 |
Public Houses cleansed or repaired | 5 |
Public Houses – No.of inspections | 50 |
Public Conveniences – Inspections | 504 |
Registered Housos – visits of inspection | 854 |
-do- – overcrowding cases abatod | 2 |
-do- – cleansed ... ... | 157 |
-do- Intimation (cleansing) notices served | 157 |
-do-Statutory (cleansing) notices served | 1 |
First visits (complaints, casual visits) | 8628 |
Re-visits | 7885 |
Intimation Notices served | 1233 |
Statutory Notices served | 32 |
Canal Boats inspected | 6 |
House inspections | 1827 |
House to house inspections | 119 |
Piggeries – No.of inspections | 13 |
Complaints received | 1369 |
Verminous prem1ses cleansed by Borough Council – Council property | 64 |
Other property | 163 |