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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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The following table shows the number of notifications and the number of deaths during the past 10 years:
| Year | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 1940 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 |
| 1941 | 34 | 38 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 |
| 1942 | 40 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| 1943 | 41 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 5 |
| 1944 | 48 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| 1945 | 49 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| 1946 | 43 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 9 |
| 1947 | 54 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 2 | - |
| 1948 | 37 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| 1949 | 41 | 37 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 |
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA
The following are particulars of the work dealt with by the
Sanitary Inspectors during the year 1949:
Housing Statistics
1. Inspection of Dwelling-houses:
(1) (a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected
for housing defects (under Public Health or
Housing Acts) 1,229
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 5,704
(2) (a) Number of dwelling-houses (included under
sub-head (1) above) which were inspected and
recorded under the Housing Consolidated
Regulations, 1925 —
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose —
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