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

  • Hampstead (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1936]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    7 There was an increase in the number of complaints of insanitary conditions, etc., received during the year. These totalled 829. During the year 721 registered tenement houses were inspected, and the need for the supervision of this class of property may be gauged by a study of the list of defects dis covered, as set out in the Table on page 64. With regard to decontrolled tenement houses, additional work is placed upon the sanitary staff owing to the requirements of separate water-closet accommodation, sinks, etc., for each family. The maisonetting of houses continues in the Borough, and this involves the careful and detailed supervision of this Department. Limited progress has been made with Underground Room occupation. However, plans have been made with a view to tackling during the next few years this serious and important problem which confronts the Borough. 5. Housing. Considerable attention has been directed throughout the year to the housing of the working classes. The Hampstead Westcroft Estate of 290 dwellings was opened on the 29th October by H.R.H. The Duke of Kent. In all, 876 applications were received for accommodation at this Estate, but, apart from those displaced by schemes under the Housing Act, 1930, dwellings were allocated only to those with young families and with incomes not exceeding £3 10s. per week. A statement showing the steps which were taken in 1935 in connection with premises represented in 1935 or previous years may be seen on referring to the Housing Section. Section 1 of the Housing Act, 1935, required every local authority to make an inspection of its district with a view to ascertaining what dwelling houses were overcrowded on the standard laid down in the Act, and to prepare and submit to the Minister of Health a report showing the result of the inspection and the number of new houses required in order to abate the overcrowding disclosed. To this end a temporary staff, com¬