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Kensington 1869

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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REPORT

OF PROCEEDINGS UNDER

THE NUISANCES REMOVAL ACT,

From 25th March,1869,to 25th March,1870.

DISTRICTS.
North.South.Total.
Number of Houses inspected129713222619
Complaints made4835301013
Notices prepared and served6096721281
Summonses heard at Police Court6049109
Magistrates' Orders made282149
Works done under Summons without order322860
Rooms cleansed and whitewashed5836171200
Passages and staircases ditto183224407
Drains—New pipes to houses, feet about390325715
„ Repaired164194358
„ Cleansed7065135
„ Trapped514798
„ New bell Gratings5063113
„ Entered with Sewer494190
Sinks—Trapped345084
Cesspools—Emptied91524
„ Abolished71118
Privies—New panned241943
„ Trapped273562
„ Cleansed and Repaired7562137
„ Dilapidated—one abolished7916
„ New erected81321
„ Supplied with water11494208
Houses supplied with water141731
New covers to Cisterns and Butts231841
New Reccptacles for waste provided211738
Ventilation of houses improved191433
Yards re-paved and repaired282250
Stables and outhouses cleansed and whitewashed292049
Cows removed01616
Cow sheds abolished000
Pigs removed9652148
Styes abolished17825
New Dustbins erected181230
New Dungpits erected273360
Offensive accumulations of dung removed8198179