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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 1914
Report for the year 1914 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE V.—continued.
| Number illegally occupied | 80 |
| ,, closed or illegal occupation discontinued | 28 |
| „ where necessary works completed or in hand | 52 |
| Overcrowding— | |
| Number of rooms overcrowded | 10 |
| „ remedied | 10 |
| „ of prosecutions | nil |
| Cleansing— | |
| Number of adults cleansed | 4 |
| „ of children cleansed (9 of these under school age) | 235 |
| „ of rooms cleansed | 30 |
| ,, of premises cleansed | 16 |
| Water supply to tenement houses— | |
| Number of premises supplied | 101 |
| ,, of prosecutions | nil |
| Inland Revenue Act {applications for certificates)— | |
| Number of houses | 8 |
| ,, of tenements included therein | 20 |
| „ of applications granted—8 houses comprising 22 dwellings | |
| „ refused | nil |
| „ deferred or withdrawn | nil |
| Sale of Food — | |
| Number of premises used, other than ice-cream premises, milkshops, cowsheds | 414 |
| „ of inspections | 830 |
| Disinfection Shelter - | |
| Number of persons accommodated | nil |
| Mortuary— | |
| Number of bodies received | 78 |
| ,, of infectious bodies | nil |