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Kensington 1903

The annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Royal Borough of Kensington for the year 1903

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Summary of the Work of the Sanitary Inspectors during the Year 1903. (See page 71.)

Sanitary Districts.No. of Complaints made by Inhabitants, &c.No. of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected.No. of Re-inspections of Houses, Premises, &c.Results of Inspection.House Drains.Water Closets.Dust Receptacles.Water Supply.Miscellaneous.
Written Intimations of Nuisance served.1Notices served by order of the Public Health Committee.Notices served under the Lodging-Houses By-lawsFinal Notices (signed by Medical Officer) served.Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, &c.Houses disinfected after illness: Infectious disease.†Repaired, Cleansed, &c.Ventilated, Trapped, &c.Repaired.Supplied with separate Water Service.Soil-pipes ventilated.New provided.Repaired, Covered, &c.Cisterns erected.Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, Covered, &c.Waste-pipes connected with Drains, &c., abolished.No. of Lodging Houses newly Registered under 94th Section of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.‡Yards and Areas paved and drained.Animals removed, being improperly kept.Regularly Inspected.Legal proceedings, i.e., Summonses.
Bakehouses.Dairies, Milkshops, &c.Licensed Cow-houses.Licensed Slaughter-houses.
No. I. District557542,4873771174815178924923148105952150133118191
No. II. „381,1392,4664081422741647510011915701363315439893724995823
No. III. „428322,820258913775032059571211341243421243823936113
No. IV. „628921,6142425554977621615904221852205154511
No. V. „601,1001,6633135122574135621161519421312114342
No. VI. „568832,4212176555209261756841359510201291321129
No. VII. „541,1041,52914932232462325411251353925980539129194
No. VIII. „867891,80088196413113523621322218241525391512
No. IX. „758882,069250521471510973392013281330301953105216254
No. X. „707641,210131585730673636106115411711119191615
5989,14520,0792,4336821,3302191,7377244441091,1283741184073104647115737211128821230

* Under the provisions of sec. 3 Public Health (London) Act, 1891. † Done under the supervision of a Special Officer,
‡ The total number of houses on the Register in December, 1903, in round figures, was 2,050, vide page 58.