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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 of sanitary works carried out at shops within the Borough where milk is sold:—
| Premises or parts of premises cleansed and whitewashed | 20 |
| Lumber removed from premises | 5 |
| Water cisterns cleansed | 6 |
| Water cisterns covered | 3 |
| Drains amended or reconstructed and ventilated | 4 |
| Drains unstopped | 4 |
| Soil pipes reconstructed | 4 |
| Water closet accommodation provided | 2 |
| Water closets amended or reconstructed | 5 |
| Water closets cleansed | 8 |
| Flushing cisterns to water closets repaired | 4 |
| Improperly placed gully traps removed | 1 |
| Gully traps cleansed | 6 |
| Waste pipes of sinks trapped | 3 |
| Dilapidated premises repaired (walls and ceilings) | 3 |
| Roofs and guttering repaired | 6 |
| Movable metal dust bins provided | 6 |
| Yard paving repaired or renewed | 8 |
| Yards cleansed | 3 |
Ice Cream Shops.
There are at the present time 69 premises in the Borough where ice
cream is made and sold. These, and the barrows of street vendors, have
been regularly inspected and their condition found to be generally
satisfactory.
Number of inspections of ice cream shops, 118.
In addition to these, the barrows on Hampstead Heath on Bank
Holidays were inspected.
The majority of the barrows which vend ice cream in the streets of
the Borough are sent out by a shopkeeper in the Kilburn Ward.
One barrow had no name and address on. The attendant was
cautioned, and has since given no further cause for complaint.