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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 1959

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

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Sanitary Conditions:
A large proportion of the time of the Public Health Inspectors
is spent in investigating environmental conditions in the homes
of the inhabitants of the borough.

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-remedied311
Doors, windows, floors, walls, ceiling, sashcords repaired522
Watercloset and urinal defects remedied147
Soil and vent pipe defects remedied34
Rainwater pipes cleared, repaired or renewed57
Waste pipes cleared, repaired or renewed53
Drains cleared77
Roofs and gutters repaired252
Water storage tank defects remedied9
Yard or area defects remedied31
Washhouse defects remedied8
Water supply to houses re-instated12
Water supply laid on to upper storeys of house7
Firegrates renewed or repaired38
Animal nuisances abated4
Miscellaneous nuisances abated86
Dust receptacles renewed or repaired96
Accumulations of refuse removed90
Verminous or filthy articles destroyed74
Overcrowding cases reported22
No. of Basement rooms inspected126
No. of House inspections1,317
No. of House-to-House inspections536
Total No. of First Visits for all purposes7,798
Total No. of Re-visits for all purposes7,308
No. of Complaints received1,419
No. of Intimation Notices served661
No. of Nuisance Notices served66
No. of Notices served re Pood Premises51