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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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SECTION "C" – SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES The following is a summary of work undertaken by the Sanitary Inspectors during 1947:-
| Houses, damp, dirty or dilapidated, remedied | 612 |
| Doors, windows, floors, walls, ceilings, sashcords repaired | 501 |
| Overcrowding cases abated in other than Registered Houses | 37 |
| Illegal occupation of underground rooms | – |
| Water closet defects remedied | 469 |
| Water closets erected | 126 |
| Urinal defects remedied | 8 |
| Urinals erected | 3 |
| Soil pipe and ventilating shaft defects remedied | 75 |
| Soil pipe and ventilating shafts erected | 40 |
| Yard defects remedied | 83 |
| Waste pipe defects remedied | 153 |
| Waste pipes erected | 59 |
| Water cistern defects remedied | 82 |
| Accumulations of rubbish or manure removed | 100 |
| Dung or dust receptacles repaired or renewed | 57 |
| Drains relaid, amended or sealed | 62 |
| Drains cleared or tested | 239 |
| Rain water pipes cleared, repaired or renewed | 102 |
| Water supply to houses reinstated | 32 |
| Roofs and gutters repaired | 319 |
| Area defects remedied | 20 |
| Wash-house defects remedied | 57 |
| Animal nuisances abated | 3 |
| Infectious Disease Investigations | 104 |
| Stables cleansed or repaired | 1 |
| Smoke observations | 70 |
| Water supply laid on to upper storeys of house | 14 |
| Miscellaneous nuisances abated | 233 |
| Common Lodging Houses (visits) | 28 |
| Butchers Stalls, etc. (visits) | 3928 |
| Street Traders Storage (visits) | 137 |
| Old & Infirm Verminous Persons – No.of inspections | 54 |
| Shops – Inspections | 286 |
| Shops – No.of notices | 12 |
| Public Houses cleansed or repaired | 17 |
| Public Houses – No.of inspections | 72 |
| Public Conveniences – Inspections | 430 |
| First visits (complaints, casual visits) | 8890 |
| Re-visits | 6085 |
| Intimation Notices served | 1317 |
| Statutory Notices served | 34 |
| Canal Boats inspected | 49 |
| House inspections | 1560 |
| House to house inspections | 36 |
| Piggeries- No.of inspections | 2 |
| Complaints received | 2003 |
| Verminous premises cleansed by Borough Council – Council property. | 37 |
| Other property | 146 |