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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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society for the purpose of supplying the Bank Holiday crowd with
non-intoxicating beverages. In this case the Council felt bound
to deal with this society as they would have dealt with a tradesman
in similar circumstances, and in view of the fact that the milk,
although sold at the usual price, was seriously deficient in an important
ingredient, it was decided to prosecute. The defendants in
this case were fined five shillings, with twelve and sixpence in costs.
Complaints. During 1908, 891 complaints were made of the existence of insanitary conditions. A list of the matters of which complaint was made is given below:—
| Accumulations, offensive | 17 |
| „ of garden and other refuse | 10 |
| Animals, improperly kept | 23 |
| ,, dead | 10 |
| Carpet beating and shaking | 4 |
| Dampness in premises | 34 |
| Dirty premises | 16 |
| Drains, bad condition of | 20 |
| ,, defective | 33 |
| ,, stopped | 33 |
| Dust, non-removal | 70 |
| Dust receptacles, foul or dilapidated | 6 |
| ,, absence of, or insufficient | 44 |
| Gipsies | 4 |
| Insanitary condition of premises | 47 |
| Illness attributable to defective drains | 8 |
| Manure not removed | 11 |
| Overcrowded premises | 20 |
| Rats, nuisance from | 11 |
| Roadways, condition of | 20 |
| Roofs and gutters, defective and leaky | 9 |
| Rubbish, nuisance from burning | 8 |
| Smells | 20 |
| ,, on premises | 16 |
| ,, from road gullies | 15 |
| ,, ,, sewer ventilators | 70 |
| „ ,, stables | 6 |
| „ „ drain, &c. | 30 |
| ,, „ water closets | 9 |
| ,, „ manure | 13 |
| Smoke nuisances | 8 |
| Urinals, condition of | 6 |