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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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| Eaves gutters renewed, cleansed or repaired | 92 |
| Stack pipes provided, repaired or unstopped | 34 |
| Damp walls remedied | 120 |
| Walls repointed, repaired or underpinned | 94 |
| Ventilation under floors provided or unstopped | 4 |
| Yards paved | -> |
| Paving of yards repaired | 14 |
| Floors of rooms relaid | 3 |
| Floors of rooms repaired | 60 |
| Rooms cleansed, distempered or repapered | 584 |
| Plaster work repaired | 581 |
| Windows repaired and/or made to open | 158. |
| New windows provided | 12 |
| New sash cords provided | 271 |
| Window sills repaired or provided | 29 |
| Doors provided or repaired | 40 |
| Doorsteps provided or repaired | 8 |
| Handrails to staircases provided | 5 |
| Staircases repaired | 15 |
| New ranges and stoves provided | 14 |
| Stoves and ranges repaired | 46 |
| Coppers repaired | 5 |
| Cisterns provided | 7 |
| Cisterns repaired, cleansed and covered | 19 |
| Water service pipes repaired | 19 |
| Movable sanitary dustbins provided | 73 |
| Nuisances from keeping of animals abated | 1 |
| Accumulations of refuse removed | 15 |
| Water heaters provided | 9 |
| Various | 130 |
Paving of Yards etc. (Finchley Urban District Council Act, 1908)
A service road at the rear of a parade of shops and flats was
made up, the road being concreted and surface water gullies,
provided.
Notices Served
Informal notices 609
Statutory notices 39
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