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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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The following is a tabulated statement of the sanitary work,
etc., carried out during the year, so far as that work admits of
tabulation:—
| General Conditions— | |
|---|---|
| Houses or parts of houses cleansed | 171 |
| Dampness in houses or parts of houses abated | 45 |
| Dilapidated houses or parts of houses repaired | 27 |
| Overcrowding— | |
| Cases of, abated (rooms) after service of notice | 6 |
| „ „ „ without service of notice | 3 |
| Underground rooms— | |
| Permanently closed | 3 |
| Ceased to be occupied separately | 4 |
| Altered to comply with the Public Health Act | 37 |
| In process of alteration at end of year | 10 |
| Below floors— | |
| Spaces below floors in the basement or ground floors ventilated | 31 |
| Roofs — | |
| Repaired | 112 |
| Gutterings— | |
| Repaired or renewed | 82 |
| Rainwater pipes— | |
| Repaired or renewed | 147 |
| Disconnected from drains | 104 |
| „ „ soil pipes | 22 |
| Waste pipes - | |
| Waste pipes of sinks disconnected from drains | 22 |
| „ trapped | 246 |
| „ „ „ repaired or renewed | 171 |
| „ unstopped | 9 |
| „ „ lavatories disconnected from drains | 4 |
| „ „ „ trapped | 206 |
| „ „ „ repaired or renewed | 81 |
| „ „ „ unstopped | 1 |
| ,, ,, baths disconnected from drains | 3 |
| „ „ „ trapped | 123 |
| „ „ „ repaired or renewed | 50 |
| „ „ „ unstopped | 12 |