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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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New Gully Traps fixed 39
Gully Curbs provided or repaired 107
New Soil Pipes and Ventilating Shafts fixed 22
Soil Pipes and Ventilating Shafts repaired 17
Water Tests applied 152
Smoke Tests applied 24
Air Tests applied 18
Water Closets and Sanitary Fittings.
New W. C. Basins fixed 166
W.C.'s unstopped, cleansed or repaired 100
New Flushing Boxes fitted to W.C.s 27
Fxisting Flushing Boxes repaired 52
Joints between W.C.'s and Flush Pipes repaired 41
New W.C. Apartments provided 18
Ventilated lobbies provided 2
Existing W.C. Apartments improved 3
New Urinals provided 2
Urinals cleansed or repaired 11
Lavatory Basins provided 44
Baths provided 20
New Impervious Sinks provided 64
New Waste Pipes fixed 68
Waste Pipes trapped, repaired or unstopped 45
Miscellaneous.
New Roofs constructed 10
Roofs repaired 152
Eaves Guttering renewed, cleansed or repaired 141
Stack Pipes provided, repaired or unstopped 88
Stack Pipes disconnected from Drains 1
Damp Walls remedied 218
Walls repointed or repaired 53
Ventilation under floors provided 11
Yards paved 29
Paving of Yards repaired 67
Floors of Rooms relaid 17
Floors of Rooms repaired 140
Rooms cleansed, distempered or repapered 841
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