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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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Company. The water, being derived from deep wells, is
pure and wholesome but has a high degree of hardness.
The supply has been adequate.
Scavenging.
The Council have entered into a contract for the collection
of house and trade refuse by S. and D. dustless
loading freighters.
There is a scale of charges for the collection of trade
refuse.
Schools.
The sanitary condition of the elementary schools in the
district is on the whole satisfactory. Water closets and
urinals are adequate and are kept in a satisfactory manner.
Drinking water from the main is available at all the
schools.
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