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Hampstead 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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Number of inspections of Workshops (excluding bakehouses)
238
„ „ inspections of Workplaces 271
„ „ inspections of Bakehouses, Milkshops and
other food premises 591
Alteration of Sanitary Inspectors' Districts.
In view of the activities of the Housing Committee in connection
with the Housing Act, 1930, it was found essential for one of the five
District Inspectors to devote the whole of his time to making detailed
investigations of certain areas in the Borough. I arranged, therefore,
for the Borough to be divided into four instead of five areas, with a
consequent increase in the work of each Inspector.
It should be noted that, in spite of the additional public health
legislation in recent years, the sanitary staff has been reduced since
1929 by one full-time inspector and one assistant to the inspectors.
The two temporary inspectors and one temporary clerk who commenced
duty in May, 1930, subsequently left the service of the
Council, the Inspectors in June, 1931, and May, 1932, respectively,
and the clerk in October, 1931.
Work, etc., supervised or action taken by the Sanitary Inspectors, whether under notice or voluntary, at premises not registered as Tenement Houses:—
| Totals | |
|---|---|
| Overcrowding. | |
| Number of rooms found overcrowded | 5 |
| Cases abated (rooms) after service of notice | — |
| Cases abated (rooms) without service of notice | — |
| Underground sleeping rooms. | |
| Illegally occupied—found, or brought to the Inspectors' notice | 18 |
| Closed, or illegal occupation discontinued | 4 |
| Made to conform | 14 |
| Verminous conditions. | |
| Rooms disinfested | 48 |
| Number of houses concerned | 15 |
| Beds and bedding disinfested | 9 |
| Floors of rooms cleansed | 17 |
| Animals. | |
| Nuisances from improper keeping in rooms abated | 1 |
| Nuisances from improper keeping on the premises abated | 2 |
| Smoke nuisances. | |
| Complaints received | |
| Observations made | 2 |
| Notices served | 2 |
| Drainage systems, &c. | |
| Drainage systems repaired or renewed, partly or wholly | 316 |
| Plumbing defects remedied (soil pipes, waste pipes, &c.) | 601 |
| Roofs, rainwater pipes and gutters repaired or renewed | 201 |