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Hampstead 1911

Report for the year 1911 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Sanitary Works Carried Out. The following is a tabulated statement of the sanitary work, etc., carried out during the year, so far as that work admits of tabulation:—

General Conditions—
Houses, or parts of houses, cleansed2.31
Dampness in houses, or parts of houses, abated121
Dilapidated houses, or parts of houses, repaired41
Overcrowding—
Cases of, abated (rooms) after service of notice12
,, ,, ,, without sendee of notice4
Underground rooms —
Entirely ceased to be occupied as dwellings. .11
Illegal occupation discontinued12
Structural works carried out80
Below floors—
Spaces below floors in the basement or ground floors
ventilated73
Roofs—
Repaired118
Gutterings—
Repaired or renewed82
Rainwater pipes—
Repaired or renewed127
Disconnected from drains41
„ „ soil pipes7
Waste pipes —
Waste pipes of sinks disconnected from drains1
„ trapped433
„ „ ,, repaired or renewed355
„ unstopped3
,, „ of lavatories trapped173
,, „ ,, repaired or renewed238
„ „ „ unstopped6
,, ,, of baths disconnected from drains2
„ trapped140
„ „ ,, repaired or renewed190
Water supply—
Reinstated7
Water and sinks provided to upper floors of tenement houses105