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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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| 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) | |
| Nil. | Nil. | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 77 | 77 | |||
| Want of ventilation | 7 | 7 | |||
| Overcrowding | Nil. | Nil. | |||
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | |||
| Other nuisances | 144 | 144 | |||
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 9 | 9 | ||
| unsuitable or defective | 17 | 17 | |||
| not separate for sexes | 7 | 7 | |||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | Nil. | Nil. | Nil. | Nil. | |
| Other offences (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.) | 1 | 1 | Nil. | Nil. | |
| Totals | 263 | 263 | Nil. | Nil. | |
*Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop
Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.
| Bakers | 30 | Dyers and cleaners | 10 |
| Bootmakers | 22 | Launderers | 2 |
| Butchers | 6 | Motor and other engineers | 31 |
| Cabinet makers and Upholsterers | 7 | Printers | 7 |
| Other trades | 36 | ||
| Carpet beaters | 2 | ||
| Coffee roasters | 4 | Total | 168 |
| Confectioners | 7 | ||
| Dressmakers | 4 |