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Hampstead 1924
Report for the year 1924 of the Medical Officer of Health
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| positions, or water taken off main supply | 69 |
| W.C. apparatus repaired, renewed or unstopped | 86 |
| W.C. removed from improper positions or provided with external ventilation | 44 |
| Dnst bins provided | 64 |
| Accumulations of refuse and fixed ashpits removed | 6 |
| External repairs: pointing walls, repairing window sills, steps, &c. | 92 |
| Manholes repaired or renewed | 41 |
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, 72.
(ib) With State assistance under the Housing Acts, 1919, 1923
or 1924—
(i) By the Borough Council Nil.
(ii) By other bodies or persons Nil.
Inspection of the Borough.
Section 17 (1) Housing Act, 1909, and Housing (Inspection of
District) Regulations, 1910, etc.
SURVEYS,
Survey of 1919.
In connection with the Survey made in pursuance of Section I. of
the Housing Act, 1919, a Return was made to the Ministry of Health
of two lists of properties,—one a list of areas which were, or might
have to be, dealt with as unhealthy under Part I. or Part II. of the
Act of 1890, and the other a list of insanitary houses (other than
houses in unhealthy areas) which were seriously defective, but which
could be made habitable. The first list contained addresses of 259
dwellings, and the other 643 dwellings. Since the original survey was