London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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Measures of Control by Local Authority
| Type ofProperty | No. of properties inspected. | No, of inspections made | No. of notices served under Section 4 | No.of treatments carried out:- | Block treatments of properties in diff. erent occupancies under Section 6(i) or by informal arrangement | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By arrangement with Occupier | Under Section 5(i) | ||||||||||
| Treat ments | Works | Rats + | Mice only | Rats + | Mice only | No. of blocks | Surface properties | Associated sewers | |||
| No. of separate ooc upanclflB | No. of manholes treate | ||||||||||
| Local Authority' s Property | 7 | 27 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dwelling houses | 923 | 5,733 | - | 2 | 350 | 445 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Business premises | 134 | 798 | - | 1 | 72 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Agricultural property | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total: | 1,064 | 6,558 | - | 3 | 398 | 518 | - | - | - | - | - |
+ Include under this heading properties infested with both
rats and mice.
ΓΈ Excluding treatments included under block treatments.
(i) During the period under review, 122 notices were served
under the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, in respect of
defective drainage causing rat infestation. It has not been
necessary to institute proceedings under the Prevention of
Damage by Pests Act, as works required were either completed
or in progress.
(ii) There were no special circumstances to which any undue
presence of rats and mice in the district could be attributed.
(iii) Sewer baiting was carried out in co-operation with
contiguous Local Authorities.
Public Mortuary
The number of bodies taken to the mortuary during the
year was 482. Inquests were held in 88 cases.