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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Sanitary Works carried out The following is a tabulated statement of the sanitary work, etc., carried out during the year, so far as that work admits of tabulation: —
| General Conditions— | |
|---|---|
| Houses, or parts of houses, cleansed | 211 |
| Dampness in houses, or parts of houses, abated | 97 |
| Dilapidated houses, or parts of houses, repaired | 52 |
| Overcrowding— | |
| Cases of, abated (rooms) after service of notice | 2 |
| „ ,, ,, without serving of notice | 2 |
| Underground rooms — | |
| Entirely ceased to be occupied as dwellings | 12 |
| Illegal occupation discontinued | 27 |
| Structural works carried out | 91 |
| Below floors— | |
| Spaces below floors in the basement or ground floors ventilated | 105 |
| Roofs— | |
| Repaired | 127 |
| Gutterings— | |
| Repaired or renewed. . | 105 |
| Rainwater pipes— | |
| Repaired or renewed | 120 |
| Disconnected from drains | 22 |
| „ soil pipes | 6 |
| Waste pipes — | |
| Waste pipes of sinks disconnected from drains | 5 |
| „ trapped | 421 |
| ,, ,, ,, repaired or renewed | 366 |
| „ „ „ unstopped | 7 |
| ,, ,, of lavatories disconnected from drains | 4 |
| „ trapped | 152 |
| ,, „ „ repaired or renewed | 214 |
| ,, „ of baths disconnected from drains | 6 |
| „ trapped | 131 |
| „ ,, „ repaired or renewed | 205 |
| Water supply— | |
| Reinstated | 18 |
| Water and sinks provided to upper floors of tenement houses | 152 |