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Kensington 1867

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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REPORT

OF PROCEEDINGS UNDER

THE NUISANCES REMOVAL ACT,

From. 25th March, 1867, to 25th March, 1868.

DISTRICTS:

North.Central.South.Total.
Number of Houses inspected131989311123324
Complaints made5925645511707
Notices prepared and served5494774371463
Summonses heard at Police Court814335159
Magistrates' Orders made39142174
Works done under Summons without order422564121
Rooms cleansed and whitewashed5244766721672
Passages and staircases ditto17870506754
Drains—New pipes to houses, feet about3802004231003
„ Repaired873876201
„ Cleansed432739109
„ Trapped702645141
„ New bell Gratings973073200
„ Entered with Sewer2473162
Sinks—Trapped36292489
Cesspools—Emptied1163653
„ Abolished733444
Privies—New panned41112981
„ Trapped352938102
„ Cleansed and Repaired603648144
„ Dilapidated ones abolished84719
„ New erected1471031
„ Supplied with water147136111394
Houses supplied with water1391032
New covers to Cisterns and Butts28172267
New Receptacles for water provided3382869
Ventilation of houses improved136928
Yards re-paved and repaired18191653
Stables and outhouses cleansed and whitewashed20233679
Cows removed0000
Cow sheds abolished0000
Pigs removed453932106
Styes abolished1951236
New Dustbins erected11172149
New Dungpits erected51112385
Offensive accumulations of dung removed246472160