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 1899
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Table No. IV. (continued.) Water supply: —
Cisterns cleansed, repaired and covered | 264 |
New cisterns provided | 13 |
Miscellaneous:— | |
Overcrowding abated | 10 |
Removal of accumulations of dung, stagnant water, animal and other refuse | 389 |
Removal of animals improperly kept | 13 |
Manure receptacles reconstructed or new provided | 24 |
Underground rooms discontinued to be used as dwellings | 6 |
Regularly Inspected. | |
Houses registered under Public Health (London) Act, 1891 | 840 |
Bakehouses | 39 |
Licensed Slaughter-houses | 7 |
Legal proceedings | 20 |
Articles Disinfected in Apparatus. | |
Beds | 222 |
Palliasses | 95 |
Mattresses | 448 |
Bolsters | 361 |
Pillows | 948 |
Blankets | 1010 |
Sheets | 605 |
Counterpanes | 506 |
Articles of Clothing | 2022 |
Carpets | 152 |
Miscellaneous Articles | 1582 |
7951 |