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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 1946

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

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Table: The following is a summary of works completed under the supervision of the sanitary inspectors during the year:-

The following is a summary of works completed under the supervision of the sanitary inspectors during the year:-

The following is a summary of works completed under the supervision of the sanitary inspectors during the year:-
House drains reconstructed30
„ „ additions to21
Defective drains repaired235
House drains cleansed238
Water closets reconstructed66
„ „ repaired154
„ „ new provided67
,, ,, supplied with water87
Soil pipes, ventilated, repaired, etc37
„ „ new provided35
Ventilating pipes new provided39
Baths, new provided73
Sinks, new provided94
Lavatory basins, new provided160
Waste-pipes, new provided165
Cisterns cleansed15
„ covered8
Taps fixed on rising main28
Yards and areas paved, drained, etc14
Dustbins provided304
Accumulations of filth, etc., removed234
Animals removed41
Roofs repaired609
Houses provided with water above basement level11
Dampness in dwellings remedied824
Infectious disease cases removed275
Houses disinfected after infectious disease (including bedding, etc.)533
Rooms in such houses disinfected after infectious disease611
Houses cleansed under Houses Let in Lodgings By-laws77
Cleansing of houses not on register240
Verminous houses cleansed (including bedding, clothing,etc.)359
Verminous rooms in such houses cleansed977
Dirty bedding cleansed70
„ „ destroyed2
Other sanitary works executed651

Table: HOUSING. Inspection of dwelling houses during the year.

HOUSING. Inspection of dwelling houses during the year.

(i)(a)Dwelling houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts).11,593
(b)Inspections made for the purpose26,796
(ii)(a)Dwelling houses (including those under sub-head (i) above) which were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolid ated Regulations, 1925)408
(b)Inspections made for the purpose872
(iii)Dwelling houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation3
(iv)Dwelling houses (excluding those referred to under the preceding sub-head) found not be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation2,660