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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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The total number of Notices served during the year was as
follows:—
(1) Informal (i.e., intimations), 1,215 relating to 907 premises.
(2) Statutory 808 relating to 386 premises.
| Number of complaints investigated | 1,021 |
| premises inspected after the occurrence of infectious disease | 134 |
| inspections of Factories (excluding bake-houses) | 43 |
| inspections of Workshops (excluding bake-houses) | 121 |
| „ ,, inspections of Workplaces | 272 |
| inspections of Bakehouses, Milkshops and other food premises | 1053 |
Details of work, etc., supervised or action taken by the Sanitary Inspectors, whether under notice or voluntary, at premises not registered as Tenement Houses:—
| Totals | |
|---|---|
| Illegally occupied -found, or brought to the Inspectors' notice | 194 |
| Closed, or illegal occupation discontinued | 14 |
| Made to conform | 65 |
| Rooms disinfested | 110 |
| Number of houses concerned | 56 |
| Beds and bedding disinfested | 30 |
| Floors of rooms cleansed | 44 |
| Nuisances from improper keeping in rooms abated | 2 |
| Nuisances from improper keeping on the premises abated | 2 |
| Complaints received | 5 |
| Observations made | 20 |
| Notices served | 2 |
| Drainage systems repaired or renewed, partly or wholly | 343 |
| Plumbing defects remedied (soil pipes, waste pipes, &c.) | 648 |
| Roofs, rainwater pipes and gutters repaired or renewed | 328 |
| Water supply provided to separate lettings | 258 |
| Number of houses concerned | 179 |
| Sinks provided to separate lettings | 345 |
| Number of houses concerned | 224 |
| Water cisterns cleansed or covered | 24 |
| Additional provided | 169 |
| Removed from improper position | 11 |
| Flushing cisterns repaired | 101 |