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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 1905

Report for the year 1905 of the Acting Medical Officer of Health

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Table: TABLE XIII.—continued.

TABLE XIII.—continued.

1905.
Water supplies used for domestic purposes disconnected from the cistern for flushing the water closet16
Houses provided with proper water supply134
Roofs repaired115
Gutterings repaired or renewed32
Areas cleansed3
„ drained4
Washhouse pavings repaired or renewed15
Scullery „ „ „11
Animals ceased to be kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance5
Cases of overcrowding abated11
Underground rooms ceased to be occupied as dwellings5
Tents, vans, sheds, or similar structures in such a state as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the inmates, ceased to be used for human habitation-
Spaces below floors in the basement or ground floors ventilated3
Chimneys carried to a sufficient height2
Ventilating pipes of drains carried to a sufficient height above windows8
Fresh air inlets repaired or renewed17
Separate and sufficient water closet accommodation provided for persons of each sex1
Water closets cleansed69
„ „ provided with a sufficient water supply48
Flushing cisterns to water closets repaired or renewed217
Water closets provided with means of constant ventilation9
Sufficient water closet accommodation provided3
Yard pavings repaired or renewed202
Area „ „ „80
Defective or improper manure receptacles abolished4
Manure receptacles provided10
Dust „ „195
Covers to dust receptacles provided171
Water cisterns cleansed153
„ „ fitted with close fitting covers115
Improperly placed water cisterns removed6
Stable pavings repaired or renewed24