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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 1925

Report for the year 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: General Conditions —

General Conditions —

Houses or parts of houses cleansed (excluding verminous rooms)571
Dampness in houses or parts of houses abated282
Dilapidated „ „ „ repaired445
Overcrowding—
Rooms found overcrowded9
Overcrowding abated (rooms) after service of notice9
„ „ without service of notice—
Underground Rooms—
Found illegally occupied17
Closed, or illegal occupation discontinued9
Made to conform8
Below Floors—
Spaces below floors in the basement or ground floors ventilated118
Roofs—
Roofs repaired340
Gutterings—
Gutterings repaired or renewed335
Rainwater Pipes —
Rainwater pipes repaired or renewed445
„ „ disconnected from drains16
„ „ „ „ soil-pipes2
Waste Pipes—
Waste pipes of sinks disconnected from drains3
„ „ trapped434
„ „ repaired or renewed322
,, „ unstopped10
„ of lavatories trapped341
„ „ repaired or renewed209
„ ,, unstopped3
„ of baths disconnected from drains3
„ „ trapped262
„ „ repaired or renewed180
„ „ unstopped2
Water Supply—
Water supply re-instated5
Additional water supply provided to tenement houses68
No. of tenement houses dealt with51