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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 1956

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

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Table: All complaints made by tenants and others were Investigated and the following table gives details of action taken by the Inspectors and nuisances abated under the Public Health (London) Act 1936:-

All complaints made by tenants and others were Investigated and the following table gives details of action taken by the Inspectors and nuisances abated under the Public Health (London) Act 1936:-

Houses damp, dirty - remedied423
Doors, windows, floors, walls, ceilings, sashcords repaired775
Watercloset and urinal defects remedied182
Soil and vent., pipe defects remedied53
Rainwater pipes cleared repaired or renewed94
Waste pipes cleared repaired or renewed80
Drains cleared113
Roofs and gutters repaired407
Water storage tank defects remedied3
Yard or area defects remedied36
Washhouse defects remedied12
Water supply to houses re-instated113
Water supply laid on to upper storeys of house3
Firegrates renewed or repaired99
Animal nuisances abated9
Miscellaneous nuisances abated89
Dust receptacles renewed or repaired76
Accumulations of refuse removed65
Verminous or filthy articles destroyed47
Overcrowding cases reported35
No. of Basement Rooms inspected224
No. of House Inspections2,110
No. of House-to-House inspections265
Total No. of First Visits for all purposes7,486
Total No. of Re visits for all purposes7,497
No. of Complaints received1,681
No. of Intimation Notices served920
No. of Nuisance Notices served189
No. of Notices served re Food Premises275