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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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Sanitary Inspections, etc.
Number of Sanitary Inspections, etc., Made; Notices Served; Letters, etc., Issued, and Sanitary Works carried out.
| 1913 | 1,914 | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of Inspections | 9,786 | 9,467 |
| „ Re-inspections | 15,619 | 13,333 |
| „ Intimation Notices issued | 1,258 | 1,046 |
| „ Statutory Notices issued | 938 | 815 |
| „ Letters issued | 8,347 | 7,172 |
| „ Notifications sent to "Head Teachers" of Schools respecting notified cases of infectious disease | 540 | 862 |
| „ Notifications sent to Medical Officers of Health of other Boroughs respecting Hamp-stead children attending schools in their districts | 32 | 62 |
| „ Notifications sent to "Head Teachers" of Schools repect-ing cases of measles | 188 | 104 |
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 400
Dampness in houses, or parts of houses, abated 185
Dilapidated houses, or parts of houses, repaired 106
Overcrowding—
Cases of, abated (rooms) after service of notice 6
„ „ „ without service of notice 4
Underground rooms —
Illegal occupation discontinued 28
Structural works carried out 52
Below floors —
Spaces below floors in the basement or ground floors
ventilated 186
Roofs—
Repaired 145