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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Occupants.
Number of Occupants, Adults 1878
,, Children 265
Average number of persons per house 4.751
,, ,, room .879
,, ,, bedrooms 1,644
Sub-Letting.
Houses occupied by one family 266
„ „ two families 185
„ ,, three „ -
„ „ four „ -
Number of houses sub-let—185 or 41.02 per cent.
Rents.
Annual Rental of £16 or under 5
„ „ £l6 to £26 34
„ „ £26 to £40 109
„ „ over £40 242
Owned by occupiers 61
451
Sanitation.
Number of houses where defects were found 363
Number of houses found to be in some
respect unfit for human habitation 146
Food Storage.
Number of houses not provided with larder
accommodation 266 or 58.980 per cent.
Notices.
Number of informal notices served 337
Number of statutory notices served —
45