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Hampstead 1913

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

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97
Sanitary Works carried out.
The following is a tabulated statement of the sanitary work, etc.,
carried out during the year, so far as that work admits of tabulation:—
General Conditions—
Houses, or parts of houses, cleansed 334
Dampness in houses, or parts of houses, abated 160
Dilapidated houses, or parts of houses, repaired 95
Overcrowding—
Cases of, abated (rooms) after service of notice 7
,, „ „ without service of notice 3
Underground rooms—
Illegal occupation discontinued 27
Structural works carried out 74
Below floors—
Spaces below floors in the basement or ground floors
ventilated 205
Roofs—
Repaired 166
Gutterings—
Repaired or renewed 130
Rainwater pipes—
Repaired or renewed 170
Disconnected from drains 24
„ „ soil pipes . —
Waste pipes—
Waste pipes of sinks disconnected from drains 8
„ „ trapped 502
,, „ ,, repaired or renewed 335
,, ,, ,, unstopped 2
„ ,, of lavatories disconnected from drains 13
„ trapped 210
„ „ „ repaired or renewed 253
„ unstopped 1
„ „ of baths disconnected from drains 19
,, „ „ trapped 184
„ „ „ repaired or renewed 175
,, „ ,, unstopped 3
Water supply—
Reinstated 10
Water and sinks provided to upper floors of tenement houses 115