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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: The names of 5 persons who had discontinued selling milk were removed, so that at the end of the year the register comprised 89 persons, occupying 113 shops, as follows:—

The names of 5 persons who had discontinued selling milk were removed, so that at the end of the year the register comprised 89 persons, occupying 113 shops, as follows:—

Dairies51
Bakers and Confectioners28
Restaurants and Coffee Shops11
General Shops23

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These orders only require the registration of persons, any of whom
may occupy more than one shop in the Borough. This accounts for the
difference between the number of persons registered and the shops
occupied.
350 inspections were made of premises where milk is sold.

Table: Table of sanitary works carried out at shops within the Borough where milk is sold:—

Table of sanitary works carried out at shops within the Borough where milk is sold:—

Premises or parts of premises cleansed and white washed18
Lumber and refuse removed from premises6
Dilapidated premises repaired (walls and ceilings)6
Roofs repaired5
Drains amended or reconstructed and ventilated3
Soil pipes reconstructed2
Gully traps cleansed4
"Water closets cleansed11
Water closets unstopped4
Water closet accommodation provided2
Flushing cisterns to water closets repaired or renewed8
New sinks provided2
Water cisterns cleansed2
Water cisterns covered3
Movable metal dustbins provided5
Yard and washhouse paving repaired or renewed9
Yards cleansed2
Nuisance from chickens and ducks abated1