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 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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Existing Stack Pipes unstopped, repaired and cleansed 35
Existing Stack Pipes disconnected from Drains 37
Damp Walls remedied 4
Ventilation under floors provided 134
Existing Ventilating openings unstopped and repaired 9
Yards paved 92
Paving of Yards repaired 27
Dirty Yards or Mews cleansed and repaired 4
Floors of Rooms repaired 56
Floors of Rooms relaid or paved 33
Larder Accommodation provided 10
Bakehouses cleansed and limewashed every six months.
Improvements to Dairies and Cowsheds 4
Cowsheds cleansed and limewashed every six months.
Slaughterhouses cleansed and limewashed every three
months.
Rooms repaired, cleansed and limewashed 322
Windows repaired and made to open 62
Workrooms cleansed and repaired 8
Water service pipes repaired 12
New Cisterns provided 5
Cisterns repaired, cleansed and covered 60
Movable sanitary dustbins provided 175
Nuisances from overcrowding abated 7
Nuisances from animals abated 9
Accumulations of manure and refuse removed 24
Miscellaneous 106