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Hampstead 1916
Report for the year 1916 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE Y.
| PREMISES. | Number on register at end of 1915 | Number added in 1916. | Number removed in !9I6. | On register at end of 1916. | Number ol inspections 1916. | Number of prosecutions, 191 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowsheds | — | — | — | — | — | _ |
| Milkshops | 98 | l | 4 | 95 | 256 | — |
| Houses let in lodgings | 405 | — | — | 405 | 705 | — |
| Ice cream premises | 81 | 1 | 10 | 72 | 164 | — |
Slaughter-houses.—Number of inspections, (11 ; notices, nil.
Offensive Trades.—Number of inspections, 10 ; notices 2.
Smoke Nuisances.—Number of observations, 7 ; nuisances and
complaints, 3 ; notices, 1 ; summonses, nil.
Housing of the Working Classes.—Number of houses inspected,
6 ; dealt with under section 15 of the Housing, Town Planning, etc..
Act, 1909, nil ; representations 4 ; closing orders, 4 : houses remedied
without closing orders, nil ; remedied after closing orders, 1 ; houses
demolished, nil ; in respect of which closing orders had been made,
1 Demolition Order made, 2 still pending.
Underground Rooms.—Number illegally occupied. 21 : closed
or illegal occupation discontinued, 21.
Overcrowding.—Number of rooms overcrowded, 4 ; remedied. 4 ;
prosecutions, nil.
Cleansing.—Number of adults cleansed, 4 : children cleansed,
201 ; rooms or premises cleansed, 33.
Water Supply to Tenement Houses.—Number of premises
supplied, 63; prosecutions, nil.
Inland Revenue Act (applications for certificates).—Number of
houses, 17 ; tenements included therein, 33; applications granted,
3—houses comprising 6 dwellings : refused, 14 ; deferred or withdrawn,
nil.
Sale of Fond.—Number of premises used, other than ice-cream
premises, milkshops and cowsheds, 476 ; inspections, 1007.
Disin fection Shelter.-—Number of persons accommodated, nil.
Mortuary.—Number of bodies received, 97 ; infectious bodies,
nil.