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Tenement Houses.
During the year, two additional tenement houses were placed upon
the Register. At the end of the year the total number of tenement
houses on the Register was 1,548. During the year, 441 tenement
houses were inspected and 3,009 defects were discovered as compared
with 696 houses and 2,900 defects in 1932.
It is of the utmost importance that all the tenement houses in the
Borough, which house a large percentage of the working classes,
should be kept in a good state of repair. Unfortunately, with the
present limited staff of Sanitary Inspectors and the large amount of
voluntary work which has to be supervised in a Borough such as
Hampstead, it is not possible to devote to this section of the work the
time which it demands.
Common Lodging Houses and Seamen's Lodging Houses.
None exist in the Borough.
Businesses of Rag and Bone Dealers.
There is only one place in the Borough where the business of a
dealer in Rags, etc., is carried on.
Offensive Trades.
No offensive trade is carried on in the Borough.
Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Acts.
Number of certificates applied for 5
„ „ issued 3
Factory and Workshop Acts.
Section 132 of the Act of 1901 requires every Medical Officer of
Health in his Annual Report specially to report on the administration
of the Act, and tabulated statements were framed by the Home
Secretary with a view to such reports being made upon uniform lines.
It is the duty of the Borough Council to keep a Register of all Workshops
situated within their district,