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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 1959

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

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Table: SANITARY INSPECTION The following table shows a summary of the inspections, etc. carried out by the public health inspectors during the year s-

SANITARY INSPECTION The following table shows a summary of the inspections, etc. carried out by the public health inspectors during the year s-

Public Health (London) Act, 1936
Houses inspected on complaint2,494
Houses inspected after infectious disease1,947
Re-inspections7,101
Smoke observations38
Other inspected1,113
Housing Act, 1957
Initial inspections (including preparation or revision of house-to-house cards)506
Re-inspections129
Initial inspections for overcrowding348
Re-inspections701
Underground Living Rooms
Initial inspections265
Re-inspections2,214
Drainage
Applications606
Plans submitted311
House drains inspected5,888
House drains tested578
Clean Air Act, 1956
Premises inspected (Smokeless zone)7,367
Factories Act, 1957
Premises inspected287
Outworkers' premises inspected168

Table: The following table shows the number of notices issued in respect of nuisances, defects, etc., found during the year :-

The following table shows the number of notices issued in respect of nuisances, defects, etc., found during the year :-

Public Health (London) Act, 1956
Intimation notices1,022
Statutory notices405
Final notices155

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Various
Factories Acts 24
Report of waste water to the Metropolitan
Water Board 32
Report of dangerous structures to the
London County Council 34
Other notices 54