Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of St. John, Hampstead for the year 1893
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Number of Complaints received during the year | 270 |
Number of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected | 3020 |
Number of Re-inspections after order or notice | 4868 |
Number of Applications to examine private house drains, &c. | 221 |
1687 | |
House and premises, &c., cleansed, repaired, and white washed | 572 |
Yard paving repaired, renewed, &c | 116 |
,, ,, new, provided | 19 |
Houses disinfected after infectious diseases | 602 |
466 | |
Ventilated | 153 |
Disconnected from the sewer | 132 |
Re-constructed | 152 |
New provided | 27 |
Cesspools abolished | 9 |
467 | |
Ventilated | 19 |
New provided | 120 |
79 | |
Repaired, covered, &c | 54 |
270 | |
New Cisterns provided | 21 |
1107 | |
Removal of accumulations of dung, stagnant water, animal and other refuse | 77 |
Removal of animals improperly kept | 9 |
Manure receptacles reconstructed or new provided... | 296 |
41 | |
Licensed Cowhouses | 3 |
Licensed Slaughter-houses | 7 |
Overcrowding | 9 |
Other proceedings, e.g., legal proceedings | 17 |