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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 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of]

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Table: The following is a tabulated statement of the sanitary work, &c.,carried out during the year, so far as that work admits of tabulation :—

The following is a tabulated statement of the sanitary work, &c.,carried out during the year, so far as that work admits of tabulation :—

General Conditions—Improperly constructed apparatus removed and new provided6
Houses, or parts, cleansed109
Dampness in houses, or parts abated75Apparatus repaired or renewed136
Dilapidated houses, or parts of houses, repaired53Apparatus unstopped16
Apparatus cleansed34
Overcrowdi ng—Apparatus provided with proper water supply4
Cases of, abated (rooms) after service of notice-Flushing cisterns repaired or renewed201
Cases of, abated (rooms) without service of notice4Manholes repaired or renewed167
Drains repaired or renewed135
Under ground Rooms—Drains cleansed47
Drains unstopped53
Illegal occupation discontinued10Drains ventilated33
Structural work carried out8Ventilating pipes of drains—
Below floors—Carried to a sufficient height above windows1
Spaces below floors in basement or ground floors ventilated99
Repaired or renewed10
Roofs repaired1 12Fresh-air inlets repaired or renewed37
Gutterings repaired or renewed135Soil pipes repaired or renewed117
Rainwater pipes—Gullies and surface drains
Repaired or renewed113Gully traps removed from improper positions17
Disconnected from drains—
Disconnected from soil pipes2Gully traps cleansed48
Sinks disconnected from drains1Inlets or surface drains trapped34
Sinks trapped163Paving and draining wash houses, areas, yards, &c.—
Sinks repaired or renewed112
Sinks unstopped4
Lavatories disconnected from drains Lavatories trapped109Wash house or scullery paving repaired or renewed11
Lavatories repaired or renewed81Areas cleansed9
Baths disconnected from drainsArea paving repaired or renewed111
Baths trapped101Areas drained3
Baths repaired or renewed60Yards or other open spaces paved16
Water supply re-instated7Paving of yards or other open spaces repaired or renewed75
Water and sinks supplied to upper floor of tenement houses47
Yards or other open spaces drained10
Water cisterns repaired or renewed3Floors of buildings in which horses, &c., are kept, paved or repaired2
Removed from improper positions5
Cleansed90Refuse and receptacles—
Fitted with close- fitting covers30
Water-closet accommodation provided11Dustbins provided187
Fixed Ashpits removed19
Additional accommodation provided19Accumulation or deposits of refuse removed153
Separate accommodation for persons of each sex5
General—
Removed from improper positions11Nuisances from the improper keeping of animals abated3
Provided with proper and sufficient external ventilation4

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Drainage Work.
Since the Bye-laws of the London Comity Council which
require the deposit of plans and particulars came into operation in
August 1903, 605 plans for the drainage of new buildings and 8855
plans for the alteration and reconstruction of drains in existing
premises have been received.
During 1917, 252 Notices of drainage work were received. 224
of these necessitated the deposit of plans and particulars. 49 related
to the entire reconstruction of the drainage system.