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Hampstead 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TABLE V.
| PREMISES. | Number on register at end of 1916 | Number added in 1917. | Number removed in 1917. | On register at end of 1917. | Number of inspections 1917. | Number of prosecutions, 1917. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowsheds | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Milkshops | 95 | 1 | 94 | 205 | - | |
| Houses let in lodgings | 405 | — | — | 405 | 970 | - |
| Ice cream premises | 72 | — | - | 72 | 109 | - |
Slaughter-houses.—Number of inspections, 37; notices, 1.
Offensive Trades.—Number of inspections, 8; notices, nil.
Smoke Nuisances.—Number of observations, 38; nuisances and
complaints, 2; notices, 4; summonses, nil.
Housing of the Working (Masses.—Number of houses inspected,
73; dealt with under section la of the Housing, Town Planning, etc.,
Act. 1909, nil; representations 4 closing orders, 4 houses remedied
without closing orders, nil: remedied after closing orders, nil; houses
demolised, 1.
Underground Booms.—Number illegally occupied, 10; closed
or illegal occupation discontinued, 10.
Overcrowding.—Number of rooms overcrowded, 4; remedied,4;
prosecutions, nil.
Cleansing.—Number of adults cleansed, 7; children cleansed,
444; rooms or premises cleansed, 41.
Water Supply to Tenement Houses.—Number of premises
supplied, 30; prosecutions, nil.
Inland Revenue Act (applications tor certificates).—number of
houses, 16; tenements included therein, 43; applications granted,
1—house comprising 3 dwellings; refused, 15.
Sale of Food.—Number of premises used, other than ice-cream
premises, milkshops and cowsheds, 465; inspections, 1443.
Disinfection Shelter.—Number of persons accommodated, nil.
Mortuary.—Number of bodies recthed, 52; infectious bodies,
nil.