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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The following table shows the number of notices which have been issued in respect of nuisances,defects, etc. found during the year:-
Public Health (London) Act, 1936 | |
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Intimation notices. | 1,466 |
Statutory notices | 471 |
Final notices, | 168 |
Summonses issued | 10 |
Housing Act, 1936 | |
Section 9 (repairs) | 33 |
Section 57 (entry) | 149 |
Various | |
Rent Restriction Act certificates | 3 |
Report of waste of water to M.W.B. | 117 |
Report of dangerous structures to L.C.C | 52 |
Other notices. | 30 |
The following is a summary of works completed under the supervision of the district and housing inspectors daring the year:-
House drains reconstructed. | 86 |
,, ,, additions etc. | 122 |
Defective drains repaired | 132 |
House drains cleansed | 162 |
Water-closets reconstructed. | 97 |
,, repaired | 168 |
,, new provided | 144 |
,, supplied with water | 293 |
Soil pipes ventilated, repaired, etc | 81 |
,, ,, new provided. | 111 |
Ventilating pipes: new provided. | 91 |
Baths, new provided | 329 |
Sinks, ,, | 358 |
Bidets, | 3 |
Lavatory basins, new provided | 529 |
Waste pipes, | 399 |
Cisterns cleansed | 89 |
,, covered | 32 |
,, abolished | 3 |
Taps fixed on rising main. | 181 |
Yards, areas paved, drained, repaired | 160 |
Dustbins provided. | 370 |
Accumulations of filth, etc. removed. | 224 |
Overcrowding abated | 126 |
Animals removed. | 12 |
Underground rooms, illegal occupation discontinued | 21 |
Roofs repaired. | 679 |
Houses provided with water above basement level. | 58 |
Dampness in dwellings remedied | 660 |
Ventilated food cupboards provided | 257 |
Artificial lighting of staj rcases provided | 11 |
Closing orders made under Housing Acts – underground rooms. | 418 |
Closing orders determined. | 93 |
Repairs of houses completed under the Housing Acts | 92 |
Infectious disease cases removed. | 231 |
Houses disinfected after infectious disease (including bedding clothing, etc. | 485 |
Rooms in such houses disinfected after infectious disease | 513 |
Houses cleansed under houses let in lodgings by laws | 447 |
Cleansing of houses not on register. | 117 |
Verminous houses cleansed (including bedding, clothings etc.) | 380 |
Verminous rooms cleansed in such houses | 688 |
Dirty bedding cleansed . | 44 |
,, ,, destroyed. | 3 |
Other sanitary works executed | 942 |
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