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Finchley 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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81
Finchley Urban District Council.
Annual Report
OF THE
Sanitary Inspector
For the Year 1914.
To the Chairman and Members of the Finchley
Urban District Council.
Mrs. Hardie and Gentlemen,—
I have the honour to present to you my Thirteenth
Annual Report dealing with the work carried out by your
Sanitary Inspectors during the year 1914, in connection with
the administration of the numerous Acts of Parliament and
bye-laws in force within the district.
The total number of inspections made during the year
was 9,522, as compared with 9,361 in 1913. On 855 of the
premises visited, nuisances to the number of 1,890 were discovered,
and in dealing with the sanitary defects from which
they arose 221 "Intimation" Notices with respect to 442
premises and 174 "Statutory" Notices were served. The
numbers of letters written and received with reference to the
business of the department were respectively 999 and 990.
At the end of the year 1,611 of the nuisances discovered had
been abated, the work of remedying 160 was in hand, and the