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Finchley 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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Dale Grove, N.12 2
Dollis Road, N.3. 5
Granville Road, N.12 5
Grove Road, N.12 30
Gruneisen Road, N.3 27
Hall Street, N.12 9
Hamilton Road, N.2 3
High Road, N.20 2
Hutton Grove, N.12 16
Oak Lane, N.2 6
Park Road, N.2 4
Percy Road, N.12 51
Squires Lane, N.3 12
Winifred Place, N.12 15
254
The 254 premises comprise 280 separately rated houses
and tenements.
As a result of these house-to-house inspections, no less
than 1,854 defects or nuisances were discovered and dealt
with, and these are enumerated in the appended summary:—
Defective drains —
Blocked drains 7
Defective and short ventilating shafts to drains 7
Dilapidated W.C. apartments 15
Insufficient W.C. accommodation —
Light and ventilation to W.C. apartments insufficient —
Defective and insanitary W.C. basins 6
Defective joints between flush pipes and W.C. basins 7
Defective Wr.C. seats 12
W.C. flushing boxes out of order 13
Defective manholes -
Defective fresh air inlets to drains 7
Defective house roofs 60
Dirty and defective ceilings and walls of rooms 464
Defective brickwork and pointing to walls 48
Defective doors 35
Defective doorsteps 11
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