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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 1958

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

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Table: PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTION

PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTION

Inspections:
Housing defects1,016
Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1958
Loans for house purchase139
Improvement grants12
Housing Act, 1957
Repair of unfit houses30
Demolition and closing orders13
Overcrowding24
Rent Act, 1957
Certificates of Disrepair, etc.87
House-to-House53
Underground rooms (other than closing orders)l4i
Accumulations of refuse33
Dustbins21
Nuisance from trees2
" " bonfires8
Improper keeping of animals1
Noise11
Smoke (Timed observations)106
Other nuisances147
Re-insoections:5,856
Inspections:
Schools13
Public buildings, Hospitals, etc.23
Clubs, Institutions, etc.13
Offices, Business premises2
Railway premises6
Bombed site or open space13
Mews or Stable Yard13
Private Roads or Passageways13
Re-inspections:266
InsDections:
Drainage workj Under Notice25
Voluntary461
Installation of Heating Apparatus78
Housing Applications428
Aged or Infinn Persons560
Infectious Diseases Cases343
Premises5
Special Surveysi Smokeless Zones1,025
Overcrowding981
Infestationsi Rodent341
Other45
Re-inspections:4,179