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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 1957

[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 - remedied303
Doors, windows floors, walls ceilings sashcords repaired717
Watercloset and urinal defects remedied140
Soil and vent, pipe defects remedied46
Rainwater pipes cleared, repaired or renewed91
Waste pipes cleared repaired or renewed106
Drains cleared97
Roofs and gutters repaired213
Water storage tank defects remedied3
Yard or area defects remedied31
Washhouse defects remedied9
Water supply to houses re-instated13
Water supply laid on to upper storeys of house1
Firegrates renewed or repaired73
Animal nuisances abated5
Miscellaneous nuisances abated80
Dust receptacles renewed or repaired124
Accumulations of refuse removed103
Verminous or filthy articles destroyed57
Overcrowding cases reported40
No. of Basement Rooms inspected95
No. of House inspections1,580
No. of House-to-House inspections59
Total No. of First Visits for all purposes8,208
Total No. of Re-visits for all purposes9,542
No. of Complaints recived1,428
No. of Intimation Notices served763
No. of Nuisance Notices served99
No. of Notices served re Food Premises119