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Kensington 1866

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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31
REPORT
OF PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE
NUISANCE REMOVAL AND SANITARY ACTS,
During the Year ending March 25th, 1867,

From Me. Lovett , Sanitary Inspector of the South District; from Mb. Wood , Inspector of the Central District; and from Me. Landman, Inspector of the North District, from May, 1866, till March 25th, 1867.

DISTRICTS:

NorthCentral.South.Total.
Number of Houses inspected126494712603471
Complaints made6726126451929
Notices prepared and served5805305711681
Summonses heard at Police Court1575768282
Magistrates' orders made732337133
Works done under Summons without order843431149
Rooms cleansed and whitewashed4877885661841
Passages and Staircases ditto15696165417
Drains—New pipes to houses, feet about4302703401040
„ Repaired782438140
„ Cleansed512736114
„ Trapped622047129
„ New Bell Gratings4347142232
„ Entered with Sewer11203364
Sinks—Trapped572129107
Cesspools—Emptied5152747
„ Abolished3171232
Privies—New Panned512343117
„ Trapped42182888
„ Cleansed and Repaired784737162
„ Dilapidated ones abolished371323
„ New erected7101027
„ Supplied with water178294293765
Houses supplied with water813728
New covers to Cisterns and Butts19151347
New Receptacles for water provided27132565
Ventilation of houses improved9111131
Yards repaved and repaired12233166
Stables and outhouses cleansed and whitewashed39161772
Cows removed...232548
Cow Sheds abolished• • •459
Pigs removed524717116
Styes abolished139527
New Dustbins erected10222355
New Dung Pits ditto617427
Offensive accumulations of manure removed473853138