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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 1904

Report for the year 1904 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: TABLE XIV. Number of Inspections, &c., Made; Notices Served; Letters, &c. Issued; and Sanitary Works Carried Out.

TABLE XIV. Number of Inspections, &c., Made; Notices Served; Letters, &c. Issued; and Sanitary Works Carried Out.

1902.1903.1904.
Number of Inspections8557800211927
Re-inspections112821386512266
Intimation Notices issued17631037908
Statutory Notices issued358366479
Letters issued120824085211
Number of Notifications sent to "Head Teachers" of Schools respecting notified cases of infectious disease330
Number of Notifications respecting cases of Measles353
1904.
Houses or parts of houses cleansed227
Dampness in houses or parts of houses abated103
Dilapidated „ „ „ repaired85
Inlets or surface drains trapped9
Improperly constructed water closets altered35
Defective water closets repaired or renewed821
Water closets unstopped33
Improperly placed water closets removed23
External ventilation provided to water closets55
Water closet accommodation provided26
Soil pipes repaired, renewed, or ventilated441
Improperly placed gully traps removed39
Gully traps cleansed41
Yards drained13
Waste pipes of sinks disconnected from drains, trapped, or renewed400
lavatories disconnected from drains, trapped, or renewed183
baths125
Water cisterns repaired or renewed13
Accumulations or deposits of refuse, manure, &c., removed295
Foul or defective dustbins or ashpits abolished44
Foul drains cleansed48
Defective drains amended or reconstructed684
Drains unstopped77
Rainwater pipes disconnected from drains132
soil pipes34
repaired or renewed79