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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Finchley 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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Dirty, defective or uncovered service water cisterns 13
Defective kitchen ranges 62
Defective stoves 64
Defective coppers 35
Defective chimneys 49
Broken sash cords 326
Insufficient water supply 5
Defective service water pipes 5
Defective dustbins 42
Absence of, or defective gully curbs 28
Miscellaneous 54
An analysis of the house-to-house records for the year
1936 has been made, and the following statistical information
compiled therefrom:-
Dwelling Houses.
Number of houses inspected 346
Number of Rooms.
Living Rooms 711
Sleeping Rooms 811 .
Bed-living Rooms 55
1,577
Occupants.
Number of Occupants, Adults 1141
,, Children 172
Average number of persons per house 3.794
,, ,, room .832
,, ,, bedrooms 1.516
Sub-Letting.
Houses occupied by one family 292
,, ,, two families 52
„ ,, three ,, 2
Number of houses sub-let—54 or 13.607 per cent.
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