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Hampstead 1949

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

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General.
Factories.
Houses let in Lodgings.
Nuisances.
Offensive Trades.
Pharmacy and Poisons Registration.
Rag Flock Regulations.
Rats and Mice Destruction.
Shops Act Inspection.
Smoke Abatement.
Food and Drugs.
Bakehouses.
Butter and Margarine Premises.
Chemical Analysis and Bacteriological Examination of Food.
Food Adulteration and Labelling.
Fried Fish Vendors and Fish Curers.
Hygiene of Food and Food Premises.
Horseflesh Premises.
Ice Cream Makers and Vendors.
Inspection and Condemnation of Unsound Food.
Meat Regulations.
Preserved Food Manufacturers.
Restaurants.
Housing.
Inspection of Individual Properties.
Overcrowding.
Surveys of Areas.
Underground Rooms.
Staff.
Mr. Reginald Staples, Sanitary Inspector, resigned on the 23rd April,
1949, having secured an appointment in Northern Ireland. Mr. Kenneth
F. Overy was appointed a temporary Sanitary Inspector and commenced
duties on 1st February. He was subsequently appointed to the permanent
staff on the 13th June, 1949.
Mr. Maurice H. Parry commenced duty as a temporary Sanitary
Inspector on the 27th June and resigned on the 31st December, 1949.
Sanitary Circumstances of the Borough
Sanitary Inspection.

Statement of information and of sanitary works accomplished during 1949.

Total complaints received2,311
Public Health (London) Act, 1936.
Premises inspected on complaint2,311
Premises inspected after infectious disease133
Special visits and re-inspections14,733
Smoke observations9
Noise nuisances2
Housing Act, 1936.
Overcrowding Regulations309
Rehousing.
Applications investigated577