Report for the year 1914 of the Medical Officer of Health page 40

Hampstead 1914

Report for the year 1914 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: Complaints. During 1914, 724 complaints were made of the existence of insanitary conditions. A list of the matters of which complaint was made is given below:-

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Complaints. During 1914, 724 complaints were made of the existence of insanitary conditions. A list of the matters of which complaint was made is given below:-

Accumulations	18
Animals improperly kept	10
„ dead	7
Dampness in premises	33
Dirty and dilapidated premises	29
Drains, bad condition of	18
„ defective	15
„ stopped	19
Dust, non-removal	68
Dust receptacles, foul or dilapidated	48
„ absence of, or insufficient	6
Insanitary condition of premises	42
Illness attributable to insanitary conditions	12
Manure not removed	8
Overcrowding and improper mixing of the sexes	14
Rats, nuisance from	9
Roofs and gutters, defective and leaky	7
Rubbish, nuisance from burning	8
Smells	30
„ on premises	28
„ from road gullies	13
„ „ sewer ventilators	42
„ „ stables	2
„ „ drains, etc.	26
„ „ water-closets	7
„ „ manure	3
Smoke nuisances	20
Underground rooms illegally occupied	5
Verminous condition of premises or persons	1
Water, absence of	73
„ leakage of	10
Water cisterns, dirty, &c.	7
Water-closets, accommodation insufficient or absence of	6
„ defective or insanitary	23
„ stopped	4
Yards, unpaved and existing paving defective	3
Miscellaneous	119
	793