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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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Ventilation under floors provided 9
Yards paved 34
Paving of Yards repaired 88
Floors of rooms relaid 13
Floors of rooms repaired 131
Rooms cleansed, distempered or repapered 786
Windows repaired and/or made to open 60
New Sash Cords provided 431
Window Siils repaired or provided 28
Doors provided or repaired 47
Staircases repaired 27
Workrooms (including Bakehouses) cleansed and
repaired 26
Cisterns provided 9
Cisterns repaired, cleansed and covered 47
Water Service Pipes repaired 10
Movable Sanitary Dustbins provided 56
Offal Bins provided 12
Nuisances from overcrowding abated 56
Nuisances from the keeping of animals abated 17
Accumulations of refuse removed 18
Accumulations of manure removed 10
Manure receptacles provided 3
New Ranges and Stoves provided 80
Stoves and Ranges repaired 133
Coppers provided 10
Coppers repaired 55
Miscellaneous 117
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