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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. (continued).

Table No. IV. (continued).

Water supply:—
Cisterns cleansed, repaired and covered312
New cisterns provided36
Miscellaneous:—
Overcrowding abated15
Removal of accumulations of dung, stagnant water, animal, and other refuse304
Removal of animals improperly kept7
Manure receptacles reconstructed or new provided22
Underground rooms discontinued to be used as dwellings7
Regularly Inspected.
Houses registered under Public Health (London) Act, 1891840
Bakehouses39
Licensed Slaughter-houses7
Legal proceedings25
Articles Disinfected in Apparatus.
Beds215
Palliasses87
Mattresses449
Bolsters376
Pillows900
Blankets1156
Sheets620
Counterpanes479
Articles of Clothing1829
Carpets156
Miscellaneous Articles2019
8286