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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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Animals-
| Nuisances from the improper keeping of animals abated | 6 |
| Smoke Nuisances— | |
| Number of nuisances and complaints | 5 |
| „ of observations | 20 |
| „ of notices | 1 |
| „ of summonses | — |
| Personal Cleansing— | |
| Number of cleansings of adults | 23 |
| „ of cleansings of children | 1017 |
| Cleansing— | |
| Number of verminous rooms cleansed | 36 |
| Disinfection- | |
| Number of houses or parts of houses and contents disinfected | 1352 |
| „ of verminous rooms disinfected | 23 |
| „ of persons accommodated at Shelter | — |
| Customs and Inland Revenue Acts— | |
| Number of houses for which certificates requested | 2 |
| „ of dwellings contained therein | 5 |
| „ of houses certified | 1 |
| „ of dwellings contained therein | 2 |
| Public Mortuary— | |
| Number of bodies admitted | 60 |
| Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Acts— | |
| Number of certificates applied for | 47 |
| „ „ issued | 33 |
In addition to the foregoing; a summary of the work of the
Housing Inspectors will be found in Section 9 relating to Housing.
Underground Rooms.
The required standard to which such rooms must conform, if
separately occupied, is prescribed in the Public Health (London) Act,
1891, and if used habitually for sleeping purposes in the Regulations
made by the Borough Council under the Housing Act, 1909.
In the latter part of the year a special inquiry was made, at the
request of the London County Council, into the question of these rooms,
and the following information was elicited:—