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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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Monumental Masons 4
Printers and Printers' Accessories 12
Restaurant Kitchens 76
Tailors and Dressmakers 22
Timber Merchants and Sawyers 8
Tyre re-treading 2
Upholsterers 7
Watch and Clock Repairers 5
Other trades 79
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:
Roofs repaired 2
W.C. apartments provided or reconstructed 1
Ventilated lobby provided 1
Artificial lighting to W.Cs. provided -
New W.C. pans provided -
W.Cs. cleansed or repaired 16
Flushing cisterns provided 1
Urinals cleansed 1
New sinks provided 6
New sink wastepipes 5
Drains unstopped or repaired 4
Yards cleansed or repaired 2
Floors repaired and or cleansed 1
Workshops cleansed 18
Accumulation of refuse removed 1
Ventilation of workshops provided 1
Miscellaneous 3
Food Hygiene
New byelaws made under Section 15 of the Food and Drugs
Act, 1938, for securing the observance of sanitary and cleanly
conditions and practices in connection with the handling,
wrapping and delivery of food sold or intended for sale for human
consumption and in connection with the sale or exposure for sale
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