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Hampstead 1922
Report for the year 1922 of the Medical Officer of Health
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| Lavatory basins or baths repaired | 8 |
| Water and sinks provided to upper floors of tenement houses | 18 |
| Water cisterns cleansed, repaired or removed from improper positions, or water taken off main supply | 57 |
| W.C. apparatus repaired, renewed or unstopped | 72 |
| W.C. removed from improper positions or provided with external ventilation | 3 |
| Paving of yards and forecourts repaired or renewed | 53 |
| Dust bins provided | 54 |
| Accumulations of refuse removed | 9 |
| External repairs: pointing walls, repairing windowsills, steps, &c. | 63 |
| Internal and external woodwork painted | 37 |
| Manholes repaired or renewed | 22 |
| Miscellaneous repairs | 17 |
The following information is required by the Ministry of Health to be
set out in this Report.
Number of new houses erected during the year:—
(a) Total. During 1922, 12 new houses were brought into
rating in the Borough.
(b) At part of a municipal housing scheme. All the remaining
tenements at South End Close were occupied during the year;
and the council's scheme for providing these 140 separate
tenements in 4 blocks of buildings has now been completed.
1.—UNFIT DWELLING HOUSES.
Inspection.
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for
housing defects (under Public Health or Housing
Acts 1,531
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected
and recorded under the Housing (Inspection of
District) Regulations, 1910 161
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in it state
so dangerous or itijurious to health as to be unfit
for human habitation 1
(4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those
referred to under the preceding sub-heading) found
not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human
habitation 1187