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Hampstead 1939

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

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The sanitary work in the foregoing tables includes drainage and
plumbing work for which approval is obtained from the Borough
Council. 479 drainage application forms and plans were submitted
during the year. 30 of these were for work carried out under notice,
and 449 were for alterations and additions carried out voluntarily by
the owners.
Lodging Houses, etc.
64 tenement houses were added to the Register, and 24 tenement
houses were removed from the Register, making a total of 1,613 tenement houses on the Register. During the year, 585 tenement houses
were inspected and 3,624 defects were discovered.
Common Lodging Houses and Seamen's Lodging Houses.
None exists in the Borough.
Business of Rag and Bone Dealers.
There is only one premises in the Borough, viz. :—6, Kelson
Street, 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 10
„ „ issued 10
Factories Act, 1937.
At the close of the year there were 534 Factories on the Register.
232 inspections were made and 44 written notices were served. Legal
proceedings were instituted in one case only.

Table: Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health, including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors:—

Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health, including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors:—

Premises.Number of
Inspections.Written Notices.Occupiers Prosecuted.
(1)(2)(3)(4)
Factories (With mechanical power)8017Nil.
Factories (Without mechanical power)629Nil.
*Other premises Under the Act (including works of building and engineering construction but not including outworkers' premises)6Nil.Nil.
Total *Electrical Stations reckoned as factories.14826Nil.