Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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Waste pipes trapped, repaired or unstopped 25
Ventilated lobbies provided 2
Miscellaneous
New Roofs provided 4
Roofs repaired 116
Eaves gutters renewed, cleansed or repaired 59
Stack pipes provided, repaired or unstopped 21
Damp walls remedied 129
Walls repointed, repaired or underpinned 74
Ventilation under floors provided or unstopped 5
Paving of yards repaired 7
Floors of rooms relaid 8
Floors of rooms repaired 54
Rooms cleansed, distempered or repapered 296
Plasterwork repaired 268
Windows repaired and/or made to open 76
New windows provided 2
New sash cords provided 68
Window sills repaired or provided 21
Doors provided or repaired 22
Doorsteps provided or repaired 5
Ventilated food store provided 1
Staircases repaired 9
New stoves and ranges provided 18
Stoves and ranges repaired 35
Cisterns repaired, cleansed and covered 13
Water service pipes repaired 13
Movable sanitary dustbins provided 20
Manure receptacles provided 1
Nuisances from keeping of animals abated 2
Smoke nuisances abated 5
Accumulations of refuse removed 17
Accumulations of manure removed 1
Workrooms cleansed 1
Various 67
Notices Served
Informal notices 454
Statutory notices 27
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