London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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Sheet Metal Workers 3
Sports Accessory manufacturers 1
Tailors and Dressmakers . 31
Timber Merchants and Sawyers 15
Tyre Re-treading 2
Upholsterers 12
Watch and Clock Repairers 8
Other Trades 41
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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 4
Ventilated lobby provided 1
New W.C. Pans provided 2
W.C.'s cleansed or repaired 34
Urinals cleansed 1
Joints between flush pipes and W.C. pans repaired 4
Flushing Cisterns provided 1
Flushing Cisterns repaired 1
New Sinks provided . 1
New Sink Waste Pipes provided 3.
Drains unstopped or repaired 2
Fresh air inlet shafts repaired 4
Roofs repaired 1
Floors repaired and/or cleansed 3.
Dustbins provided 10
Workshops cleansed 27
Accumulations of refuse removed 9
Smoke nuisance abated 3
Yards cleansed or repaired 1
Overcrowding abated 1
Miscellaneous 46
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