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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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| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of offences in respect of which Prosecutions were instituted. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Want of cleanliness | 91 | 91 | |||
| Want of ventilation | 8 | 8 | |||
| Overcrowding | Nil. | Nil. | Nil. | Nil. | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 5 | 5 | |||
| Other nuisances | 172 | 172 | |||
| Sanitary | insufficient | 7 | 7 | ||
| unsuitable or defective | 20 | 20 | |||
| accommodation | not separate for sexes | 10 | 10 | ||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | 1 | 1 | Nil. | Nil. | |
| Other offences | 3 | 3 | Nil. | Nil. | |
| (Excluding offences relating to outwork, and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops, Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921.) | |||||
| Totals | 317 | 317 | Nil. | Nil. | |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and W orkshop
Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.
The following is a list of the different classes of Factories in Hampstead:—
| Bakers | 29 | Dyers and cleaners | 10 |
| Bootmakers | 19 | Launderers | 3 |
| Butchers | 7 | Motor and other engineers | 27 |
| Cabinet makers and Upholsterers | 8 | Printers | 7 |
| Other trades | 32 | ||
| Carpet beaters | 3 | Total | 157 |
| Coffee roasters | 4 | ||
| Confectioners | 3 | ||
| Dressmakers | 5 | ||