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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Fried Fish Shops 7
Shops re Food Supplies 166
Factories, Workshops and Workplaces 289
Public House Conveniences 25
Places of Public Entertainment 25
Factory and Workshops Act, 1901 and 1907.
The total number of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces
on the register is 289.
The businesses carried on at the respective premises are
as follows :—
Bakehouses 22
Dressmakers and Milliners 23
Bootmakers 41
Tailors 11
Laundries 12
Motor and Cycle Engineers 46
Restaurant Kitchens 27
Other Trades 107
289
These premises have been visited from time to time, and
as a result of action taken by the department the following
works Rave been carried out :—
W.C. apartments provided or reconstructed ... ... 2
Urinal provided ... ... ... ... •
New W.C. Pans provided ... ... ... ... 5
W.C.'s cleansed ... ... ... ... ... 23
Joints between flush pipes and w.c. pans repaired ... 4
Flushing Cisterns provided ... ... ... ■■■ 2
Flushing Cisterns repaired ... ... ... 5
New Sinks provided ... ... ... ... ... 2
Drains unstopped ... . ... ... 8
Manhole Covers provided ... . . .. ••• 2
Roofs repaired ... ... ... ... ... ■ 3
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