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around dwellings. Certain records of these inspections must
be kept. The systematic house-to-house inspection which for
some years has been carried out in the district by the Sanitary
Inspectors and the care with which the records were compiled
rendered it unnecessary to make any alteration in
procedure as the requirements of the Regulations were already
fully met.
During the early part of the year your late Medical Officer
of Health and the Sanitary Inspector made a number of inspections
of houses in certain parts of the district, and submitted
a report to the Public Health Committee in which they
stated that with one or two doubtful exceptions, there are,
at present, no houses in Finchley which are in an uninhabitable
condition. From what I have seen up to now I should
certainly concur in that opinion.
In accordance with Article V. of the Regulations above
referred to the following table is set out
Number of dwelling-houses inspected 415
Number of dwelling-houses found to be unfit for
human habitation None
Number of representations made to the Local
Authority with a view to the making of
Closing Orders None
Number of Closing Orders made None
Number of dwelling houses, the defects in which
were remedied without the making of Closing
Orders See below
Number of dwelling-houses which after the
making of Closing Orders were put into a fit
state for human habitation None
General Character of Defects Found to Exist.—These are
fully set out in the appended report of the Sanitary Inspector.
Many of them were of minor significance. Dirty and defective
ceilings and walls, defective floors and dampness, insanitary