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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
Finchley 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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In some cases it was stipulated that certain defined conditions should be complied with:-
| Acton Council | 3 Beds. |
| Brentford „ | 1 „ |
| Ealing „ | 3 „ |
| Edmonton „ | 3 „ |
| Finchley „ | 2 „ |
| Harrow „ | 1 „ |
| Hornsey „ | 5 „ |
| Southgate „ | 2 „ |
| Tottenham „ | 3 „ |
| Wood Green „ | 3 „ |
| Edmonton Union | 6 „ |
Although sanatoria are an essential part of any scheme
directed against Tuberculosis, I would emphasise a point that
was urged in the last Annual Report, i.e., "It is by improving
the conditions of life and the dwellings of the poorer section of
the community that we shall achieve most in our crusade
against the disease."
The Sanitary Authority as the Education Authority.
School Closure.—Owing to the prevalence of epidemic
disease, chiefly measles, it was found necessary to close one
or more departments in most of the schools for periods varying
from three to five weeks:—
Christ Church Infants' 25th Feb. to 30th March.
Long Lane Infants' 6th June to 3rd July.
Long Lane Mixed 16th June to 3rd July.
St. Mary's Infants' 20th June to 17th July.
Holy Trinity Infants' 20th June to 10th July.
St. John's, Whetstone 27th June to 24th July.