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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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Table No. III. PARISH OF ST. JOHN, HAMPSTEAD.
| Number of complaints received during the year | '214 |
| Number of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected | 3005 |
| Number of Re-inspections after order or notice | 5542 |
| Number of Applications to examine private house drains, &c. ,. | 154 |
| Orders issued for sanitary amendments of houses and premises | 1537 |
| Houses and premises, &c., cleansed, repaired, and whitewashed | 579 |
| Yard paving repaired, renewed, &c. | 133 |
| ,, ,, new provided | 25 |
| Houses disinfected after infectious diseases | 333 |
| House Drains:— | |
| Repaired, trapped, &c. | 317 |
| Ventilated | 142 |
| Disconnected from the sower | 152 |
| Reconstructed | 320 |
| Water Closets:— | |
| Repaired, cleansed, &c. | 251 |
| Ventilated | 31 |
| Reconstructed | 21 |
| Dust-bins :— | |
| New provided | 81 |
| Repaired, covered, &c. | 37 |