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Kensington 1920

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

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TABLE VI. Summary of the Work done by the Male Sanitary Inspectors during theYear 1920.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK, &c.NUMBER OF DISTRICT.Grand Total.
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Complaints received28410713415750942942851261,531
House to House Inspections10201275918619121283135960
Houses Inspected on Complaint6085333314185195374735122914,222
Re-inspections of Houses1,3028511,1471,4221,3821,2627611,01989510,041
Inspections of Lodging Houses (unfurnished)54792232341969775657532533,946
Inspection of Lodging Houses (furnished)287808780975
Houses cleansed, &c.111267166122811315751531,021
Verminous Rooms cleansed11290105521511314393
Dirty Bedding cleansed33033
„ „ destroyed134
Overcrowding abated119121
Underground Rooms, illegal occupation discontinued134
House Drains re-constructed92324514654
Defective Drains repaired326815613221712185
House Drains cleansed2311115102723282528290
Water-closets constructed, repaired, &c.1576444656127832237560
Water-closets supplied with water3116114166470823342
Water-closets new, provided31621491238
Soil-pipes ventilated, repaired, &c.7373313351072
Soil-pipes new, provided1141514127
Cisterns cleansed, covered, &c.2681111264656157
Yards, Areas paved, drained, repaired351823633610.10123
Dustbins provided1127125341616162619335
Ashpits abolished3137317
Accumulations of filth, &c., removed12187326851416163
Animals removed8728111046
Other Sanitary Works executed4554610051902926648991,274
Workshops, &c., Inspections of730486328384588167514
Factories, Inspections of1121037143021125
Bakehouses, Inspections of6273581022753613960535
Slaughter Houses, Inspections29209161451391
„ „ Notices
Dairies. &c., Inspections1216798178155110556885937
„ Notices
Ice Cream Vendors, premises, Inspections51914442
Ice Cream Vendors, premises, Notices
Other Places where Food is prepared, Inspections of1731761581597451127561231,097
Smoke Observations76441447938282
Nuisances from smoke observed
Mews, Inspections of7765526043635364803505918215,073
Other Inspections187219511883389722101921,241
Notices issuedWritten Intimations2892641772681581471341501231,710
Statutory485939622132343138364
Lodging House761065073321648424429
Removal of Manure3137
Sanitary Works completed7141,5915114153891438232433305,159
Legal Proceedings—Number of Summonses Issued426517