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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
Kensington 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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TABLE V— PROCEEDINGS DURING 1911.
| PREMISES. | NUMBER OF PLACES. | Number of inspections, 1911. | Number of notices, 1911. | Number of prosecutions, 1911. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On register at end of 1910. | Added in 1911 | Removed in 1911. | On register at end of 1911. | ||||
| Milk premises. | 196 | 13 | 12 | 197 | 1,339 | 12 | 0 |
| Cowsheds | 1 | — | — | 1 | 45 | — | — |
| Slaughter-houses | 10 | — | — | 10 | 228 | — | — |
| Other offensive trade premises | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ice cream premises | 170 | 15 | 12 | 173 | 172 | 2 | — |
| Registered houses let in lodgings | 2,091 | 0 | 0 | 2,091 | 7,625 | (a)*71 | (a)*2 |
| (6)†961 | (b)†9 | ||||||
Total number of intimation notices served for all purposes, 2601.
* (a) For overcrowding. † (b) For other conditions.
| Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded | 83 | ||
| Number remedied | 83 | ||
| Number of Prosecutions | 2 | ||
| Illegal occupation dealt with during year | 9 | ||
| Number of rooms closed | — | ||
| Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 | 0 | ||
| Number closed under the Housing of the Working Classes Act | 4 | ||
| Number of premises cleansed under Sec. 20 of L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1904 | 308 | ||
| Number of persons accommodated during the year | No shelter | ||
| Number of houses for which applications for certificates were received during year | 33 | ||
| Number of tenements comprised therein | 74 | ||
| Number of tenements for which certificates were | 59 | ||
| (b) refused | 4 | ||
| — | |||
| (b) For prevention of nuisance arising from offensive matter running out of any manufactory, etc. | — | ||
| (c) For the prevention of keeping of animals in such a manner as to be injurious to health | — | ||
| 1 | |||
| (e) In connection with the removal of offensive matter, etc. | 4 | ||
| (f) As to cesspools and privies, removal and disposal of refuse, etc. | — | ||
| — | |||
| 3 | |||
| — | |||
| — | |||
| (k) With respect to deposit of plans as to drainage, etc. (Metropolis Management Acts Amendment (By-laws) Act, 1899) | 3 | ||
| Total number of bodies removed | 340 | ||
| Total number of infectious bodies removed | 2 | ||