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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 1899

Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of St. John, Hampstead for the year 1899

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Table: Table No. IV. (continued.) Water supply: —

Table No. IV. (continued.) Water supply: —

Cisterns cleansed, repaired and covered264
New cisterns provided13
Miscellaneous:—
Overcrowding abated10
Removal of accumulations of dung, stagnant water, animal and other refuse389
Removal of animals improperly kept13
Manure receptacles reconstructed or new provided24
Underground rooms discontinued to be used as dwellings6
Regularly Inspected.
Houses registered under Public Health (London) Act, 1891840
Bakehouses39
Licensed Slaughter-houses7
Legal proceedings20
Articles Disinfected in Apparatus.
Beds222
Palliasses95
Mattresses448
Bolsters361
Pillows948
Blankets1010
Sheets605
Counterpanes506
Articles of Clothing2022
Carpets152
Miscellaneous Articles1582
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