London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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Borough. The latter depends largely on the education of the public
in clean and tidy habits. During the last few years all the tenants
of certain blocks of flats where possibly only a few of the tenants
were causing especial nuisance were circulated with a letter in forceful
terms but nevertheless appealing to them to assist in preserving
whatever amenities they possessed.
| Houses, damp, dirty or dilapidated, remedied | 512 |
| Doors, windows, floors, walls, ceilings, sashcords repaired | 545 |
| Water closet defects remedied | 136 |
| Water closets erected | 494 |
| Urinal defects remedied | 7 |
| Urinals erected | 98 |
| Soil pipe and ventilating shaft defects remedied | 20 |
| Soil pipe and ventilating shafts erected | 58 |
| Yard defects remedied | 37 |
| Waste pipe defects remedied | 63 |
| Waste pipes erected | 127 |
| Water cistern defects remedied | 64 |
| Accumulations of rubbish or manure removed | 75 |
| Dung or dust receptacles repaired or renewed | 16 |
| Drains relaid, amended or sealed | 181 |
| Drains cleared or tested | 236 |
| Rain water pipes cleared, repaired or renewed | 76 |
| Water supply to houses reinstated | 2 |
| Roofs and gutters repaired | 395 |
| Area defects remedied | 32 |
| Wash-house defects remedied | 13 |
| Animal nuisances abated | 3 |
| Water supply laid on to upper storeys of house | 1 |
| Miscellaneous nuisances abated | 47 |
| Total No. of first visits | 5,868 |
| Total No. of re-visits | 5,883 |
| Intimation Notices served | 950 |
| Nuisance Notices served | 86 |
| House inspections | 2,470 |
| Complaints received during year | 1,781 |