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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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New soil pipes and ventilating shafts fixed109
Soil Pipes and Ventilating Shafts repaired19
New Impervious Sinks provided18
New Waste Pipes fixed37
Waste Pipes repaired28
Waste Pipes trapped ...69
New Gully Curbs7
Water Tests applied354
Smoke Tests applied181
Number of Plans of Drainage drawn48

Table: WATER CLOSETS AND SANITARY CONVENIENCES.

WATER CLOSETS AND SANITARY CONVENIENCES.

New W.C. Basins of the "Washdown" type fixed161
W.C.'s cleansed and repaired40
New Flushing Boxes fitted to W.C.'s28
Existing Flushing Boxes repaired64
New Urinals provided1
Insanitary Urinal abolished1
New W.C. Apartments provided3
Insanitary W.C.'s abolished14

Table: MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Roofs repaired37
Eaves Guttering renewed8
Eaves Guttering cleansed and repaired ...17
New Stack Pipes provided8
Existing Stack Pipes unstopped, repaired and cleansed19
Existing Stack Pipes disconnected from Drains23
Old Surface Wells filled in2
Yards paved107
Paving of Yards repaired35