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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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Farriers and Blacksmiths 3
General Engineers and Motor Engineers 60
Laundries 3
Monumental Masons 4
Plastic Manufacturers 3
Prepared Meat Factories 2
Printers and Printers' Accessories 12
Restaurant Kitchens 75
Tailors and Dressmakers 20
Timber Merchants and Sawyers 8
Tyre re-treading 2
Upholsterers 9
Watch and Clock Repairers 4
Other trades 73
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 1
W.C. apartments provided or re-constructed -
Ventilated lobbies provided 3
Artificial lighting to W.Cs. provided 2
New W.C. pans provided —
W.Cs. cleansed or repaired 6
Flushing cisterns provided or repaired 2
Urinals cleansed -
New sinks provided -
New sink wastepipes -
Drains unstopped or repaired 1
Yards cleansed or repaired 1
Floors repaired and/or cleansed —
Premises cleansed 4
Accumulations of refuse removed —
Ventilation of workshops provided —
Miscellaneous 4
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