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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 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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Table: SUMMARY OF WORK DONE IN CONNECTION WITH THE SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICT.INSPECTIONS.

SUMMARY OF WORK DONE IN CONNECTION WITH THE SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICT.

INSPECTIONS.

House to House Inspections338
Special Inspections1038
Re-Inspection after Order or Notice1698
Visits to Works in Progress1700
,, ,, Factories and Workshops (including Bakehouses)297
,, ,, Slaughterhouses243
,, ,, Cowsheds, Dairies and Milkshops146
,, ,, Ice Cream Premises46
,, ,, Foodshops169
Visits re Infectious Disease1112
Miscellaneous272
Total number of inspections and re-inspections7059

Table: DRAINAGE.

DRAINAGE.

Number of old Drains examined, tested, exposed, etc.121
Number of Houses and Premises re-drained94
Defective Drains repaired11
Drains unstopped and cleansed28
Length in yards of Stoneware Drains laid2822
Length in yards of Heavy Cast-iron Drains laid232
Manholes provided101
Manholes altered and repaired7
Intercepting Traps fixed43
New Fresh Air Inlets provided to Drains2
Stoneware Gully Traps fixed251