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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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Occupants.
Number of Occupants, Adults 962
,, Children 197
Average number of persons per house 4.563
,, ,, room 810
,, ,, bedrooms 1.398
Sub-Letting.
Houses occupied by one family 167
,, ,, two families 82
,, three ,, 4
,, „ four „ 1
Number of houses sub-let—87 or 34.252 per cent.
Rents.
Annual Rental of £16 or under —
£16 to £26 13
£26 to £40 65
over £40 159
Owned by occupiers 17
254
Sanitation.
Number of houses where defects were found 215
Number of houses found to be in some
respect unfit for human habitation 106
Notices.
Number of informal notices served 193
Number of statutory notices served 4
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