London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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Rooms cleansed, distempered or reappeared 410
Windows repaired and/or made to open 26
New Sash Cords provided 164
Window Sills provided or repaired 15
Doors provided or repaired 12
Staircases repaired 5
Workrooms cleansed and repaired 10
Cisterns provided 9
Cisterns repaired, cleansed and covered 57
Water Service Pipes repaired 4
Movable Sanitary Dustbins provided 127
Offal Bins provided 11
Nuisances from overcrowding abated 1
Nuisances from the keeping of animals abated 1
Accumulations of manure and refuse removed 15
New Ranges provided 2
Stoves and Ranges repaired 48
Coppers provided 1
Coppers repaired 43
Miscellaneous 56
Infectious Disease and Disinfection.
Cases of infectious disease notified 237
Cases of Phthisis notified (new cases) 57
Number of rooms fumigated after infectious disease 271
Verminous rooms fumigated 12
Number of articles disinfected 5086
N.B.— In addition to the above work of disinfection,
49 stovings of bedding, etc. (687 articles) were carried
out, and 38 patients were removed to Hospital for. the
Friern Barnet District Council.
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