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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 1908
Report for the year 1908 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE VI.—continued.
| Number of filthy articles purified (Sec. 19) | — |
| „ verminous rooms cleansed (Sec. 20) - | 9 |
| „ „ houses „ (Sec. 20) - | 5 |
| „ sanitary conveniences altered (Sec. 22) | 3 |
| „ „ „ removed (Sec. 22) | — |
| „ fixed ashpits removed (Sec. 23) | — |
| M ortuaries— | |
| Total number of bodies removed | 78 |
| Total number of infectious bodies removed | — |
| London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1907, Part XII., ana Sec. 48 Public Health (London) Act, 1891— | |
| Number of tenement houses in which additional water taps and sinks have been provided (Sec. 78) | 24 |