Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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Friern Lane, N.20 24
Gainsborough Road, N.12 4
High Road, N.2 2
High Road, N.12. 11
Long Lane, N.2 137
Manor Cottages, N.2. 19
Squires Lane, N.3 129
Summers Lane, N.12 16
Totteridge Lane, N.20 8
451
The 451 premises comprise 551 separately rated houses
and tenements.
As a result of these house-to-house inspections, no less
than 2,023 defects or nuisances were discovered and dealt
with, and these are enumerated in the appended summary:—
Defective drains. 5
Blocked drains 9
Defective and short ventilating shafts to drains 12
Dilapidated W.C. apartments 1
Light and ventilation to W.C. apartments insufficient —
Defective and insanitary W.C. basins 31
Defective joints between flush pipes and W.C. basins 10
Defective W.C. seats. 11
W.C. flushing boxes out of order 40
Defective manholes. 7
Defective fresh air inlets to drains 22
Defective house roofs 87
Dirty and defective ceilings and walls of rooms 473
Defective brickwork and pointing to walls. 90
Defective doors 16
Defective doorsteps 11
Defective stairs and handrails, etc., to staircases. 15
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