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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

Hampstead 1896

Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of St. John, Hampstead for the year 1896

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Table: Table No. III. (continued).

Table No. III. (continued).

Dust-bins:—
New provided49
Repaired, covered, &c.54
Water Supply:—
Cisterns cleansed, repaired, and covered180
New cisterns provided32
Miscellaneous:—
Overcrowding abated5
Removal of accumulations of dung, stagnant water, animal and other refuse155
Removal of animals improperly kept5
Manure receptacles reconstructed or new provided3
Regularly Inspected.
Houses registered under Public Health (London) Act, 1891840
Bakehouses39
Licensed Slaughter-houses1
Legal proceedings7
Legal proceedings18
Articles Disinfected in Apparatus.
Beds306
Palliasses114
Mettresses492
Bolsters441
Pillows1057
Blankets1501
Sheets681
Counterpanes554
Articles of Clothing1634
Carpets140
Miscellaneous Articles2641
9561