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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 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]

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Table: Details of work, etc., supervised or action taken by the Sanitary Inspectors, whether under notice or voluntary, at premises notregistered as Tenement Houses:-

Details of work, etc., supervised or action taken by the Sanitary Inspectors, whether under notice or voluntary, at premises notregistered as Tenement Houses:-

Totals
Underground rooms.
Illegally occupied-found, or brought to the Inspectors' notice425
Closed, or illegal occupation discontinued19
Made to conform-
Verminous conditions.
Rooms disinfested117
Number of houses concerned75
Beds and bedding disinfested41
Floors of rooms cleansed63
Animals.
Nuisances from improper keeping in rooms abated2
Nuisances from improper keeping on the premises abated2
Smoke nuisances.
Complaints received8
Observations made20
Notices served5
Drainage systems, &c.
Drainage systems repaired or renewed, partly or wholly357
Plumbing defects remedied (soil pipes, waste pipes, &c.)679
Roofs, rainwater pipes and gutters repaired or renewed340
Water supply.
Water supply provided to separate lettings210
Number of houses concerned167
Sinks provided to separate lettings270
Number of houses concerned212
Water cisterns cleansed or covered27
Water-Closets.
Additional provided172
Removed from improper position12
Flushing cisterns repaired98
Yards, &c. Paving, &c.
Yards or open spaces newly paved and drained91
Paving of yards or open spaces repaired60
Bathrooms.
New provided222
Dust Bins.
Repaired or renewed135
Houses or parts cleansed (other than verminous conditions)205
Number of rooms concerned266
Dampness in houses or parts abated283

Table: Details of work, etc., supervised or action taken by the Sanitary Inspectors, whether under notice or voluntary, atRegistered TenementHouses:—

Details of work, etc., supervised or action taken by the Sanitary Inspectors, whether under notice or voluntary, atRegistered TenementHouses:—

Totals.
Underground rooms.
Illegally occupied—found, or brought to the Inspectors' notice195
Closed, or illegal occupation discontinued21
Made to conform—
Verminous conditions.
Rooms disinfested56
Number of houses concerned41
Beds and bedding disinfested1
Floors of rooms cleansed6
Animals.
Nuisances from improper keeping in rooms abated—
Nuisances from improper keeping on the premises abated— -