London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Finchley 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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Defective floors of rooms 65
Absence of sinks —
Insanitary stone troughs and/or defective sinks 18
Defective and untrapped waste pipes. 26
Defective, absence of, or insufficient yard paving 40
Absence of, or defective eaves guttering- and stack
pipes 77
Nuisances from dampness. 131
Absence of ventilation under floors —
Absence of, or defective gratings to ventilation openings
under floors 4
Windows, defective or not made to open. 142
Defective window sills 20
Dirty, defective or uncovered service water cisterns 24
Defective kitchen ranges 62
Defective stoves. 21
Defective coppers 27
Defective chimneys. 32
Broken sash cords 338
Defective service water pipes 3
Defective dustbins 50
Absence of, or defective gully curbs 65
Absence of, or unventilated storage for food —
Miscellaneous 42
An analysis of the house-to-house records for the year
1934 has been made, and the following statistical information
compiled therefrom:—
Dwelling Houses
Number of houses inspected — 451
Number of Rooms.
Living Rooms 1134
Sleeping Rooms 1200
Bed-living Rooms 103
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