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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 1903
Report for the year 1903 of the Medical Officer of Health
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One registered milk seller removed to fresh premises, where it was
found that the milk was stored in a dark, unventilated cupboard
situated in a living room.
The premises generally were dirty and insanitary. Notices were
promptly served, which resulted in the sale of the business to another
firm, and the place being closed as a milk shop.
Two milkmen were cautioned for using dirty milk utensils, one
of whom has since given up business.
Table of sanitary works carried out at milk shops within the Borough:—
| Premises or parts of premises cleansed and whitewashed | 22 |
| Lumber removed from premises | 13 |
| Water cisterns cleansed | 10 |
| Water cisterns covered | 2 |
| Premises provided with proper water supply | 2 |
| Drains amended or reconstructed and ventilated | 5 |
| Soil pipes reconstructed | 3 |
| Water closet apparatus reconstructed (pans and traps) | 8 |
| Water closet apparatus reconstructed (flushing cisterns) | 7 |
| Water closet accommodation provided | 3 |
| Improperly placed water closets altered or abolished | 2 |
| Water closets unstopped | 4 |
| Water closets cleansed | 10 |
| External ventilation (constant) provided to water closets | 2 |
| Defective drain traps abolished | 5 |
| Improperly placed gully traps removed | 7 |
| New gully traps fixed | 3 |
| Gully traps cleansed | 13 |
| Gully traps unstopped | 3 |
| Waste pipes of sinks trapped, renewed, or ventilated | 5 |