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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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Stack pipes provided, repaired or unstopped 34
Damp walls remedied 120
Walls repointed, repaired or underpinned 74
Ventilation under floors provided or unstopped 2
Yards paved 8
Paving of yards repaired 16
Floors of rooms relaid 9
Floors of rooms repaired 54
Rooms cleansed, distempered or repapered 489
Plasterwork repaired 405
Windows repaired and/or made to open 132
New windows provided 8
New sash cords provided 130
Window sills repaired or provided 20
Doors provided or repaired 34
Doorsteps provided or repaired 5
Handrails to staircases provided 1
Staircases repaired 8
Artificial lighting to staircases provided 1
New stoves provided 29
Stoves and ranges repaired 42
Coppers repaired 1
Cisterns provided 3
Cisterns repaired, cleansed and covered 16
Water service pipes repaired 19
Movable sanitary dustbins provided 38
Offal Bins provided 3
Nuisances from keeping of animals abated 2
Smoke nuisances abated 6
Accumulations of refuse removed 20
Accumulations of manure removed 1
Water heaters provided 1
Ventilated food stores provided 1
Various 82
Notices Served
Informal notices 570
Statutory notices 40
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