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
Finchley 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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Slaughterhouses cleansed and limewashed ever three
months
Manure pits provided 2
Rooms repaired, cleansed and limewashed 194
Workrooms cleansed and repaired 37
Dirty houses cleansed 9
New Water Service Pipes provided 4
Public Water Supply laid on to houses 3
New cisterns provided 1
Cisterns repaired, cleansed and covered 76
Movable Sanitary Dustbins provided 60
Nuisances from Overcrowding abated 8
Nuisances from Animals abated 8
Smoke nuisances abated 1
Accumulations of Manure and Refuse removed 13
Foul Ponds filled in 3
Cesspools Emptied 1
Foul Ditch or Watercourse cleansed 1
Temporary Sanitary Convenience provided 2
Miscellaneous 14
INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND DISINFECTION
Cases of Infectious Disease notified 197
Number of Rooms fumigated after infectious disease 217
Verminous Rooms fumigated 11
Number of Infected Rooms stripped and cleansed 21
Number of Articles disinfected 3608