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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 1910

Report for the year 1910 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: Sanitary Works Carried Out. 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-

Sanitary Works Carried Out. 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, cleansed153
Dampness in houses, or parts of houses, abated78
Dilapidated houses, or parts of houses, repaired49
Overcrowding- Cases of, abated (rooms) after service of notice4
„ ,, „ without service of notice3
Underground rooms- Ceased to be occupied as separate dwellings2
Entirely ceased to be occupied as dwellings60
Below floors-
Spaces below floors in the basement or ground floors ventilated85
Roofs-
Repaired .113
Gutterings-
Repaired or renewed84
Rainwater pipes-
Repaired or renewed135
Disconnected from drains58
„ „ soil pipes15
Waste pipes-
Waste pipe of sinks disconnected from drains1
,, ,, ,, trapped479
„ „ „ repaired or renewed355
,, ,, ,, unstopped3
,, „ of lavatories disconnected from drains1
„ ,, „ trapped208
„ „ „ repaired or renewed233
„ „ of baths disconnected from drains4
,, ,, ,, trapped151
„ „ „ repaired or renewed160
Water supply-
Reinstated15
Water provided to upper floors of tenement houses99
Water supplies used for domestic purposes disconnected from cisterns for flushing w.c.'s10