London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Finchley 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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General Engineers and Motor Engineers 65
Monumental Masons 4
Printers and Printers' Accessories 13
Restaurant Kitchens 67
Tailors and Dressmakers 24
Timber Merchants and Sawyers 9
Tyre re-treading 1
Upholsterers 9
Watch and Clock Repairers 7
Other Trades 85
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 3
Ventilated lobbv provided 1
Artificial lighting to W.C.'s provided 3
New W.C. pans provided . 3
W.C.'s cleansed or repaired 38
Urinals cleansed 2
New sinks provided 2
Drains unstopped or repaired 4
Yards cleansed or repaired 2
Floors repaired and/or cleansed 1
Workshops cleansed 21
Accumulation of refuse removed 1
Ventilation of workshops provided 1
Miscellaneous 4
Smoke Abatement
The factory chimneys in the area have been kept under
observation and generally little nuisance from smoke or grit has
occurred.
Inspection of Meat and Food
The inspection of food and premises where food is prepared
has received the special attention of the sanitary inspectors.
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