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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 1909
Report for the year 1909 of the Medical Officer of Health
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| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M.Inspector. | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Want of cleanliness | 19 | 16 | - | - | |
| Want of ventilation | 9 | 8 | 1 | - | |
| Overcrowding | 14 | 14 | - | - | |
| Want of drainage of floors | - | - | - | - | |
| Other nuisances | 28 | 17 | 1 | - | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 5 | 2 | - | - |
| unsuitable or defective | 9 | 8 | - | - | |
| not separate for sexes | - | - | - | - | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | - | - | - | - | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | - | - | - | - | |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 82 | 65 | 2 | - | |
Column (2) in the above table gives the number of defects found,
and column (3) the number remedied during the year. The corresponding
figures in the two columns are not identical, because in the case
of some of the defects discovered near the end of the year, the work
necessary to remedy the defects had not been been completed, and
column (3) includes some defects which were found at the end of 1908,
and remedied in the following year.