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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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I.—Inspection.
Including Inspections made by the Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspec tions | Written Notices | Prosecutions | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 8 | — | — |
| Worlshops (Inc'uding Workshop Laundries) | 370 | 11 letters | |
| Total | 378 | 11 | — |
2.-Defects Found.
| Particulars | Number of Defects | No. of Prosecuttons | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Reftrred to H M. Inspector | |||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts* - | |||||
| Want of cleanliness | 14 | 14 | - | - | |
| Want of ventilation | - | -_ | - | - | |
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Want of drainage, of floors | 4 | 4 | - | - | |
| Other nuisances | 8 | 7 | - | - | |
| ‡Sanitary accommo dation | insufficient. | - | - | - | - |
| unsuitableor defective | 9 | 8 | - | - | |
| not separate for sexes | - | - | - | - | |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act- | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s 101) | - | - | - | - | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 12 | 12 | - | - | |
| Other offences- | |||||
| (Excluding offences relating to out-work which are included in part 3 of this Report) | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 48 | 46 | - | - | |
* Including those specified in sections 2. 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and
Workshop Act as remediable under the Public Health Act,
‡ Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, Part 3, adopted Oct. 1890.