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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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The total number of inspections made in regard to each section of work is recorded in the appended table, together with a summary of the sanitary improvements carried out:—
| House-to-House Inspections | — |
| Special Inspections | 3122 |
| Re-Inspeotions | 2747 |
| Visits to Works in Progress | 849 |
| Visits to Factories and Workshops (including Bakehouses and Outworkers) | 312 |
| Visits to Slaughterhouses | 855 |
| Visits to Cowsheds, Dairies, and Milkshops | 71 |
| Visits to Ice Cream Premises | 39 |
| Visits to Food Shops | 258 |
| Visits re Infectious Disease | 1022 |
| Miscellaneous | 40 |
| Total number of Inspections and Re-Inspections | 9315 |
| Total number of houses inspected under Public Health or Housing Acts | 691 |
| Informal Notices | 336 |
| Statutory Notices | 14 |
| Drainage. | |
|---|---|
| Number of Houses and Premises re-drained | 21 |
| Repairs or Amendments to existing drains | 36 |
| Drains or Gullies unstopped or cleansed | 46 |
| Length in yards of Stoneware Drains laid | 554 |
| Length in yards of Heavy Cast-iron Drains laid | 27 |
| Manholes provided | 34 |
| Manholes altered and repaired | 46 |
| Intercepting traps fixed | 9 |