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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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NOTICES, Etc.
Number of Notices served—
Intimation 180
Statutory 286
466
Letters written 1051
Letters received and dealt with 1187
Complaints received 154
DRAINAGE.
Number of old Drains examined, tested, exposed, etc. 153
Number of Houses and Premises re-drained 97
Defective Drains repaired 9
Drains unstopped and cleansed 58
Length in yards of Stoneware Drains laid 1877
Length in yards of Heavy Cast-iron Drains laid 486
Manholes provided 110
Manholes altered and repaired 18
New Manhole Covers provided 5
Intercepting Traps fixed 65
New Fresh Air Inlets provided to Drains 26
Stoneware Gully Traps fixed 189
New Soil Pipes and Ventilating Shafts fixed 94
Soil Pipes and Ventilating Shafts repaired 23
New Impervious Sinks provided 12
New Waste Pipes fixed 16
Waste Pipes repaired 14
Waste Pipes trapped 38
New Gully Curbs 13
Water Tests applied 246