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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 1908
Report for the year 1908 of the Medical Officer of Health
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| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Keferrcd to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| (1) | |||||
| (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | ||
| Want of cleanliness | 32 | 35 | — | ||
| Want of ventilation | 3 | 3 | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | 8 | 7 | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 76 | 74 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | (insufficient | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 16 | 12 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | 4 | — | — | ||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | - | — | — | — | |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | |||||
| Total | 144 | 138 | — | — | |
Column (2) in the above table gives the number of defects
found, and column (3) the number remedied during the year. The
corresponding figures in the two columns are not identical, because
in the case of some of the defects discovered near the end of the
year, the work necessary to remedy the defects had not been completed,
and column (3) includes some defects which were found at
the end of 1907, and remedied in the following year.