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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 1911
Report for the year 1911 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Complaints.
During 1911, 830 complaints were made of the existence of insanitary conditions. A. list of the matters of which complaint was made is given below:—
| Accumulations, offensive | 9 |
| ,, of garden and other refuse | 8 |
| Animals, improperly kept | 24 |
| „ dead | 7 |
| Dampness in premises | 29 |
| Dirty and dilapidated premises | 24 |
| Drain, bad condition of | 25 |
| „ defective | 18 |
| ,, stopped | 18 |
| Dust, non-removal | 70 |
| Dust receptacles, foul or dilapidated | 85 |
| „ absence of, or insufficient | 19 |
| Insanitary condition of premises | 41 |
| Illness attributable to insanitary conditions | 15 |
| Manure not removed | 4 |
| Overcrowding and improper mixing of the sexes | 28 |
| Rats, nuisance from | 12 |
| Roadways, bad condition of | 4 |
| Roofs and gutters, defective and leaky | 11 |
| Rubbish, nuisance from burning | 9 |
| Smells | 28 |
| „ on premises | 30 |
| „ from road gullies | 9 |
| „ „ sewer ventilators | 69 |
| „ „ stables | 3 |
| „ „ drains, &c. | 28 |
| ,, „ water-closets | 11 |
| „ „ manure | 10 |
| Smoke nuisances | 10 |
| Underground rooms illegally occupied | 1 |
| Unsound food | 6 |
| Vacant land, insanitary state of | 5 |
| Verminous condition of premises | 8 |
| Water, absence of | 116 |
| „ leakage of | 7 |
| Water cisterns, dirty, &c. | 4 |
| Water-closets, accommodation insufficient or absence of | 5 |
| „ defective or insanitary | 28 |
| ,, stopped | 6 |
| „ without water | 12 |
| „ „ proper flush | 8 |
| Yards unpaved and existing paving defective | 3 |
| Miscellaneous | 61 |
| Total | 928 |