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Finchley 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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Stanhope Road, N.12. 21
Summers Lane, N.12. 18
Theobalds Avenue, N.12. 22
Trinity Road, N.2. 55
Upway, N.12. 23
William Street, N.12. 22
Woodhouse Road, N.12.2
573
The 573 premises comprise 597 separately rated houses
and tenements.
As a result of these house-to-house inspections, no less
than 2,615 defects or nuisances were discovered and dealt
with, and these are enumerated in the appended summary:—
Defective drains 1
Blocked drains 8
Defective and short ventilating shafts to drains 11
Dilapidated W.C. apartments 6
Light and ventilation to W.C. apartments insufficient —
Defective and insanitary W.C. basins 32
Defective joints between flush pipes and W.C. basins 16
Defective W.C. seats 11
W.C. flushing boxes out of order 23
Defective manholes 3
Defective fresh air inlets to drains 32
Defective house roofs 111
Dirty and defective ceilings and walls of rooms 669
Defective brickwork and pointing- to walls 62
Defective doors 31
Defective doorsteps 27
Defective stairs and handrails, etc., to staircases 13
Unsatisfactory lighting 2
Defective floors of rooms 101
Absence of sinks —
Insanitary stone troughs and or defective sinks 18
Defective and untrapped waste pipes 49
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