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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 1898

Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of St. John, Hampstead for the year 1898

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Table: Table No. IV. PARISH OF ST. JOHN, HAMPSTEAD. Inspector's Report of the Sanitary Work, &c., completed in the year ending 31 at December, 1898.

Table No. IV. PARISH OF ST. JOHN, HAMPSTEAD. Inspector's Report of the Sanitary Work, &c., completed in the year ending 31 at December, 1898.

Number of complaints received during the year199
Number of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected3288
Number of Re-inspections after order or notice6043
Number of Applications to examine private house drains, &c.151
Results of Inspections.
Orders issued for sanitary amendments of houses and premises1274
Houses and premises, &c., cleansed, repaired, and whitewashed633
Yard paving repaired, renewed, &c171
„ „ new provided55
Houses disinfected after infectious diseases358
House Drains:—
Repaired, trapped, &c.389
Ventilated269
Disconnected from the sewer220
Reconstructed383
Water Closets:—
Repaired, cleansed, &c.373
Ventilated79
Reconstructed321
Dust-bins:—
New provided101
Repaired, covered, &c50