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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 1921
Report for the year 1921 of the Medical Officer of Health
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| Rooms found overcrowded | 2 |
| Overcrowding abated (rooms) after service of notice | 2 |
| „ „ without service of notice | — |
| Found illegally occupied | 16 |
| Closed or illegal occupation discontinued | 16 |
| Spaces below floors in the basement or ground floors ventilated | 206 |
| Roofs repaired | 349 |
| Gutterings repaired or renewed | 295 |
| Rainwater pipes repaired or renewed | 398 |
| „ „ disconnected from drains | 43 |
| „ „ „ „ soil-pipes | 8 |
| "Waste pipes of sinks disconnected from drains | 2 |
| „ trapped | 459 |
| „ ,, repaired or renewed | 291 |
| „ „ unstopped | 6 |
| „ of lavatories disconnected from drains | — |
| „ „ trapped | 244 |
| „ „ repaired or renewed. . | 210 |
| „ „ unstopped | — |
| „ of baths disconnected from drains | — |
| „ trapped | 208 |
| „ „ repaired or renewed | 170 |
| „ „ unstopped . | 12 |
| Water supply re-instated | 9 |
| Water provided to floors of tenement houses | 132 |
| No. of tenement houses dealt with | 82 |
| Sinks provided to upper floors of tenement houses | 117 |
| Water supplies used for domestic purposes disconnected from cisterns for flushing w.c.'s | 3 |