London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Finchley 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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85
Miscellaneous.
Roofs repaired 44
Eaves Guttering renewed 5
Eaves Guttering cleansed and repaired 13
New Stack Pipes provided 2
Existing Stack Pipes repaired or unstopped 18
Existing Stack Pipes disconnected from Drains 65
Damp Walls remedied 11
Ventilation under floors provided 35
Yards paved 26
Paving of Yards repaired 61
Floors of Rooms repaired 27
Floors of Rooms relaid 7
Rooms repaired, cleansed and limewashed 182
Windows repaired and made to open 45
Workrooms cleansed and repaired 10
Cisterns repaired, cleansed and covered 72
Water Pipes repaired 3
Movable sanitary dustbins provided 82
Nuisances from overcrowding abated 17
Nuisances from animals abated 7
Manure receptacles provided 5
Stables cleansed 2
Accumulations of manure and refuse removed 7
Miscellaneous 19
Infectious Disease and Disinfection.
Cases of infectious disease notified (excluding
Phthisis) 245
Number of rooms fumigated after infectious disease 332
Verminous rooms fumigated 10
Number of articles disinfected 4961
N.B.—In addition to the above work of disinfection, 61
stovings of bedding, etc. (632 articles) were carried out, and
11 patients were removed to Hospital for the Friern Barnet
District Council.