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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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| No. of persons in family. | Number of Private Families occupying the following number of rooms. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 room. | 2 rooms. | 3 rooms. | 4 rooms. | 5 rooms. | |||||||||||
| 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | |
| 3 | 103 | 158 | 133 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | 45 | 49 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 205 | 168 | 135 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 111 | 94 | 65 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 40 | 31 | 126 | 143 | 74 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | — | — | — | 11 | 17 | 8 | 75 | 58 | 29 | — | - | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | — | — | — | 8 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 36 | 28 | 18 | — | — | — |
| 10 | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 8 | — | — | — |
| 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | — | — | — | 1 | - | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 3 | — |
| 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — |
Tenement Houses.
Houses registered as tenement-houses are those intended or used
for occupation by the working-classes and let in lodgings (a) if the
"tenant," that is "the person by whom or on whose behalf the house
is let, or who for the time being receives or is entitled to receive the
profits arising from the letting," resides therein and in addition to his
family more than one other family is lodged; and (b) where the tenant
does not reside on the premises and more than one family reside
therein. If, therefore, the "tenant" lives in the lodging-house the
premises are not registered unless three families or more occupy it;
but should the "tenant" be non-resident then it is registered if two
families or more occupy it.
During the year 696 tenement houses were inspected and 2,900
defects were discovered. It must be borne in mind that in certain
instances considerable time and trouble is expended by the inspectors
and clerical staff at the Town Hall before the necessary repairs are
effected, as unfortunately in the case of certain landlords it is not
sufficient merely to call their attention to the presence of certain
defects. Repeated visits, copious correspondence and eventually the
service of statutory notices are required to enforce the requirements
of the Bye-laws.