Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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DESCRIPTION OF WORK, &c. | NUMBER OF DISTRICT. | Housing Inspector. | Grand Total. | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||
House drains reconstructed | 7 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 100 |
Defective drains repaired | 11 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 15 | 27 | 23 | 18 | 45 | 2 | 203 |
House drains cleansed | 34 | 32 | 23 | 28 | 44 | 21 | 16 | 46 | 36 | 65 | — | 345 |
Water-closets reconstructed | 23 | 10 | 13 | 42 | 66 | 10 | 16 | 21 | 31 | 49 | 4 | 285 |
„ repaired | 134 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 94 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 21 | 55 | 17 | 436 |
„ supplied with water | 6 | 3 | 9 | 82 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 137 | 12 | 327 |
„ new provided | 10 | — | 17 | 24 | 19 | 27 | 32 | 24 | 33 | 110 | 1 | 297 |
Soil pipes ventilated, repaired, &c. | 8 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 42 | 55 | 2 | 206 |
„ new provided | 8 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 30 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 19 | 48 | 2 | 187 |
Baths, new provided | 19 | — | 18 | 22 | 23 | 33 | 42 | 34 | 75 | 95 | — | 361 |
Sinks, ,, „ | 36 | — | 22 | 62 | 50 | 28 | 42 | 19 | 65 | 83 | 18 | 425 |
Lavatory basins, new provided | 18 | — | 11 | 50 | 37 | 95 | 97 | 188 | 212 | 214 | — | 922 |
Cisterns cleansed | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 69 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 116 |
„ covered | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 61 |
„ abolished | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 8 |
Taps fixed on rising main | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 97 | — | 139 | |
Yards, areas paved, drained, repaired | 54 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 78 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 60 | 155 | 449 |
Dustbins provided | 59 | 41 | 30 | 24 | 139 | 16 | 13 | 40 | 10 | 45 | 29 | 446 |
Ashpits abolished | — | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | 9 | 12 | 45 |
Accumulations of filth, &c., removed | 15 | 25 | 15 | 16 | 44 | 12 | 7 | 40 | 26 | 149 | 84 | 433 |
Animals removed | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6 | 24 |
Overcrowding abated | 12 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 38 |
Underground rooms, illegal occupation discontinued | 3 | 13 | 5 | — | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 73 |
Roofs repaired | 85 | 110 | 65 | 28 | 137 | 18 | 26 | 25 | 79 | 72 | 178 | 823 |
Houses provided with water above basement floor | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 1 | — | 19 | 17 | 77 |
Dampness in dwellings remedied Closing Orders made under | 98 | 67 | 86 | 34 | 79 | 10 | 23 | 11 | 45 | 21 | 77 | 551 |
Housing Acts— | ||||||||||||
(a) Houses | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
(b) Parts of Houses | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
(c) Underground Rooms | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
Closing Orders determined | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Repairs of houses completed under the Housing Act, 1930 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 196 | 196 |
Infectious disease cases removed | 155 | 43 | 88 | 97 | 80 | 45 | 29 | 23 | 59 | 4 | — | 623 |
Houses disinfected after infectious diseases (including bedding, clothing, &c.) | 168 | 46 | 90 | 157 | 150 | 97 | 90 | 44 | 133 | 39 | — | 1,014 |
Rooms in such houses disinfected after infectious disease | 206 | 48 | 94 | 172 | 171 | 147 | 107 | 59 | 138 | 49 | — | 1,191 |
Houses cleansed under houses let in lodgings by-laws | 59 | 208 | 141 | 95 | 390 | 54 | 26 | 5 | 17 | 14 | — | 1,009 |
Verminous houses cleansed (including bedding, clothing, &c.) | 59 | 40 | 64 | 35 | 56 | 2 | 38 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 367 |
Verminous rooms cleansed in such houses | 134 | 45 | 80 | 51 | 61 | 2 | 56 | 30 | 22 | 18 | 42 | 541 |
Dirty bedding cleansed | 12 | 5 | 30 | 11 | 23 | 5 | — | 2 | 3 | 4 | — | 95 |
„ „ destroyed | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 9 |
Other sanitary works executed | 84 | 93 | 107 | 71 | 128 | 51 | 76 | 35 | 54 | 116 | 102 | 917 |