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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 1897
Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of St. John, Hampstead for the year 1897
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have very few factories, that is, places where steam is used as the
mechanical power, in this parish, but there are a considerable number
of workshops, including laundries and dressmakers, which have all been
regularly inspected, with the result that orders were made for the
cleansing and lime-washing of 13 workshops, paving and draining of
3 washhouses, and for the cleansing and repair of 10 water-closets.
I append a list of the factories and workshops in the parish.
| Laundries | 40 |
| Dressmakers | 133 |
| Tailors | 24 |
| Milliners | 20 |
| Upholsterers | 7 |
| Mineral Water Manufacturers | 1 |
| Manufacturing Stationers | 1 |
| Pianoforte Manufacturers | 2 |
| Pianoforte Key Makers | 1 |
| Engineers | 1 |
| Art Metal Workers | 2 |
| Photo-Zincographers | 1 |
| Photographic Paper Manufacturers | 1 |
| Window Blind Makers | 2 |
| Brass-finishers | 1 |
| Surgical Instrument Makers | 1 |
Disinfection.—The number of houses disinfected after infectious
disease was 333. The total number of articles disinfected reached 8614,
a slight decrease on the number for the previous year.
Water Supply.—Hampstead is supplied with water by the New
River and West Middlesex Companies. Many parts of the parish now
receive constant supply from both Companies, but other districts still
await the convenience of the New River Company. With respect to
the water delivered by the New River Company, Professor Frankland
states that except in the first three months of the year, the supply was
free from flood water and was substantially of the character of excellent
spring water, being generally even better than the average of the deep