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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 1923
Report for the year 1923 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Total number of deposits of plans and particulars for redrainage
work, &c., 635.
„ Complaints of insanitary conditions received and
investigated, 754.
The following Statement and Information under Article 19 of the
Sanitary Officers' Order, 1922, affords some indication of the work
performed by the Sanitary Inspectors.
Much of the work of the Staff of the Department, however, which is of great value in maintaining and improving the standard of sanitation of the Borough, does not readily admit of tabulation and cannot be reported upon in this manner. General Conditions—
| Houses or parts of houses cleansed (excluding verminous rooms) | 625 |
| Dampness in houses or parts of houses abated | 255 |
| Dilapidated „ „ „ repaired | 611 |
| Overcrowding— | |
| Rooms found overcrowded | 3 |
| Overcrowding abated (rooms) after service of notice | 3 |
| „ „ without service of notice | — |
| Underground Rooms— | |
| Found illegally occupied | 21 |
| Closed, illegal occupation discontinued, or made to conform | 21 |
| Below Floors— | |
| Spaces below floors in the basement or ground floors ventilated | 141 |
| Roofs— | |
| Roofs repaired | 344 |
| Gutterings— | |
| Gutterings repaired or renewed | 340 |
| Rainwater Pipes— | |
| Rainwater pipes repaired or renewed | 477 |
| „ „ disconnected from drains | 100 |
| „ „ „ „ soil-pipes | 4 |