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Hampstead 1915

Report for the year 1915 of the Medical Officer of Health

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West End Ward †60, & 110, Cricklewood Broadway, †553,
Finchley Road, Field Lane School, Hillfield
Road. *43, & 44, Mill Lane, 4, Munro Terrace,
Fortune Green, and 251, & *279 West End
Lane.
kilburn Ward *63, Hemstal Road, *94, & *354, High Road,
Kilburn, *4, Kelson Street, 67, Kingsgate
Road and *†99, Palmerston Road.
priory Ward *202. & *228, Belsize Road, *98, Boundary Road,
*93, Fairfax Road, *7, Fairhazel Gardens and
*137, Finchley Road.
Those marked * are underground bakehouses.
Those marked † are factory bakehouses.
Bakehouses—Underground 20
„ Above ground 15
Total 35
Restaurant Kitchens, &c.
The total number of these premises on the register at the end of
1915 was 68. They are kept under regular supervision. 75 inspections
have been made and 5 notices served during the year.
Meat Supply.
The Meat Supply of the Borough is good and in no case has any
unsound or diseased meat been found by the Sanitary Inspectors
during the year.
Slaughter Houses.
There are 4 Licensed Slaughter Houses in the Borough, situated
at 40, England's Lane, and 17 and 69, High Street and 6, Fairfax Mews.
These have been regularly inspected during the year ; 51 inspections
having been made.
In addition to quarterly limewashing one broken ceiling was
repaired and one foul W.C. cleansed.
Sale of Food and Drugs Act.
506 samples were taken for analysis during the year. The
number certified to be adulterated was 39 or 7.7 per cent, of the total
number, as against 6.2 in 1914 and 3.7 in 1913. 9 samples were
certified to be of low quality.
414 samples were purchased from Hampstead tradesmen and 92
from tradesmen coming from other districts. The percentage of
adulterated samples in the two classes was 6.5 and 13.0 respectively.
32 samples were taken on Sundays :—2 or 6.2 per cent. were
adulterated and 2 were of low quality.