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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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SUMMARY OF SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS CARRIED OUT-continued
| 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monumental Masons | 7 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Motor Accessory Manufacturers | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 I | 3 | 1 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Prepared Meat Factories | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | I | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Printers and Printers' Accessories | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
| Restaurant Kitchens | 65 | 44 | 41 | 45 | 43 | 43 | 47 | 47 | 66 | 67 |
| Sheet Metal Workers | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Sports Accessory Manufacturers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Tailors and Dressmakers | 30 | 28 | 26 | 23 | 21 | 26 | 3° | 33 | 3° | 21 |
| Timber Merchants and Sawyers | 13 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
| Tyre re-treading | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Upholsterers | 14 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 8 |
| Watch and Clock Repairers | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| X-ray Apparatus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Shop Fitters | — | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other trades | 43 | 56 | 52 | 63 | 67 | 60 | 67 | 62 | 62 | 88 |
| WORKS CARRIED OUT | ||||||||||
| W.C. apartments provided or reconstructed | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |
| Ventilated lobby provided | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
| W.C. apartments screened | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - |
| Artificial lighting to W.C.s provided | - | - | 2 | - | & 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | - |
| New W.C. pans provided | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
| W.C.s cleansed or repaired | 21 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 4 20 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| Urinals provided | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 6 | - | - | 5 |
| Urinals cleansed | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Joints between flush pipes and W.C. pans repaired | 2 | 4 | 1 | I I | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - |
| Flushing cisterns provided | - | - | - | 9 | I | 3 | - | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Flushing cisterns repaired | I | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | - |
| New sinks or lavatory basins provided | I | - | - | 9 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 10 | |
| Drains unstopped or repaired | 12 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 4 | I | 2 | - |
| Fresh air inlet shafts repaired | I | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | ||
| Sink waste pipes provided | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Roofs repaired | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | I | 2 | - | |
| Floors-repaired and/or cleansed | 12 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Dustbins provided | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | - | - | - | - | |
| Workshops cleansed | 39 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 9 | ||
| Fish Friers Premises cleansed | - | - | - | - | 30 | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Accumulations of refuse removed | 7 | 4 | - | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | __ | 2 | - |
| Smoke nuisance abated | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Yards cleansed or repaired | 4 6 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | |
| Yards paved | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | x | - | - | |
| Miscellaneous | 5 | - | 11 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
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