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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SANITARY INSPECTION
The following table shows a summary of the inspections, etc. carried, out by the public health inspectors and their assistants during the year:-
Public Health (London) Act, 1936 | |
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Houses inspected on complaint | 2,631 |
Houses inspected after infectious disease | 1,901 |
Re-inspections | 6,956 |
Smoke observations | 47 |
Other inspections | 1,679 |
Housing Act, 1957 | |
Initial inspections of dwelling houses | 176 |
Re—inspections | 344 |
Initial inspections for overcrowding | |
Re*"inspec t ions | 520 |
Underground Living Rooms | |
Initial inspections | 187 |
Re-inspections | 2,058 |
Drainage | |
Applications | 535 |
Plans submitted | 350 |
House drains inspected | 8,441 |
House drains tested | 874 |
Factories Acta 1937-1959 | |
Premises inspected | 342 |
Outworkers" premises inspected |
The following table shows the number of notices issued in respect of nuisances, defects, etc., found during the year:-
Public Health (London) Act, 1936 | ||
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Intimation notices | 964 | |
Statutory notices | 394 | |
Pinal notices | 144 | |
Various | ||
Factories Acts | 8 | |
Report of waste water to the Metropolitan Water Board | 37 | |
Report of dangerous structures to the London County Council | 26 | |
Other notices | 14 |