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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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Work accomplished by the Housing Inspectors during 1923.
| Underground rooms illegally occupied, discontinued or made to conform | 3 |
| New sculleries and washhouses built | 7 |
| Additional ventilation to bedrooms and sculleries | 74 |
| Rooms, staircases and w.c. apartments cleansed and repaired | 1058 |
| Verminous rooms cleansed | 17 |
| Dampness in rooms abated and floors ventilated and repaired | 173 |
| Windows and doors repaired | 451 |
| Handrails and balusters repaired | 53 |
| Coppers repaired and renewed | 80 |
| Larders provided | 186 |
| Coal sheds and receptacles provided or repaired | 7 |
| Fireplaces and ranges repaired or renewed | 157 |
| New or repaired sinks and lavatory basins or baths | 68 |
| Drains, soil pipes and ventilating pipes repaired or renewed | 76 |
| Drains cleansed and unstopped | 9 |
| Roofs, gutters and rainwater pipes repaired or renewed | 272 |
| Gully traps removed from improper positions | 15 |
| Waste pipes of sinks trapped, repaired or unstopped | 62 |
| Water and sinks provided to upper floors of tenement houses | 29 |
| water cisterns cleansed, repaired or removed from improper positions, or water taken off main supply | 61 |
| W.C. apparatus repaired, renewed or unstopped | 94 |
| W.C. removed from improper positions or provided with external ventilation | 17 |
| Paving of yards and forecourts repaired or renewed and drained | 76 |
| Dust bins provided | 60 |
| Accumulations of refuse and fixed ashpits removed | 6 |
| External repairs: pointing walls, repairing windowsills, steps, &c. | 83 |
| Internal and external woodwork painted | 61 |
| Manholes repaired or renewed | 42 |
The following information is required by the Ministry of Health to
be set out in this Report.
Number of new houses erected during the year: —
(a) Total 27. Also 2 blocks of flats each containing 6 dwellings.