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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Prepared Meat Factories 2
Printers and Printers' Accessories 16
Restaurant Kitchens 52
Sheet Metal Workers 2
Sports Accessory Manufacturers 1
Tailors and Dressmakers 30
Timber Merchants and Sawyers 13
Tyre Re-treading 1
Upholsterers 12
Watch and Clock Repairers 7
Other Trades 50
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These premises have been visited from time to time,
and as a result of action taken by the department the following-
works have been carried out:—
W.C. apartments provided or reconstructed 3
New W.C. Pans provided 2
W.C.'s cleansed or repaired 23
Urinals cleansed 4
Joints between flush pipes and W.C. pans repaired 1
Flushing Cisterns provided 3
Flushing Cisterns repaired 2
New Sinks provided 2
New Sink Waste Pipes provided 1
Drains unstopped or repaired 3
Roofs repaired 2
Floors repaired and/or cleansed 3
Dustbins provided 3
Workshops cleansed 43
Accumulations of refuse removed 4
Smoke nuisance abated 2
Miscellaneous 21
Smoke Abatement.
The Factory Chimneys in the district have been kept
under observation, and steps have been taken to prevent,
as far as possible, the occurrence of nuisance arising from
the emission of black smoke.
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