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]
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Inspector's Report of the Sanitary Work completed in the year ended March 25th, 1876.
Sub-districts. | No of Complaints received during the year. | No. of Houses and Premises, &c., inspected. | Results of Inspection. | House. Drains. | Privies and W.C.'s. | Dust Bins. | Water Supply. | Miscellaneous. | ||||||||||||||
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Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises. | Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired and Whitewashed. | Houses Disinfected after Infectious Diseases. | Repaired, Cleansed, &c. | Trapped or Ventilated. | Repaired, Covered, &c. | Supplied with Water. | New provided. | New Provided. | Repaired, Covered, .&c. | Cisterns (new) erected. | Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired and Covered. | No. of Lodging Houses registered under 35th Clause of Sanitary Acts, 1866.* | No. of Dust Complaints received and attended to. | Removal of accumulations of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse. | Removal of Animals, &c., improperly kept. | Regularly Inspected. | Other Proceedings,e.g. Legal Proccedings. | |||||
Bakehouses. | Licensed Cowhouses. | Licensed Slaughterhouses. | ||||||||||||||||||||
North. | 764 | 2492 | 748 | 642 | 32 | 189 | 84 | 156 | 76 | 3 | 12 | 42 | 11 | 42 | ... | 2037 | 79 | 112 | 64 | 15 | 21 | 53 |
South. | 793 | 2364 | 761 | 465 | 20 | 196 | 62 | 172 | 48 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 5 | 28 | ... | 2738 | 68 | 16 | 49 | 12 | 12 | 5 |
Total. | 1557 | 4856 | 1509 | 1107 | 52 | 385 | 146 | 328 | 124 | 4 | 19 | 69 | 16 | 70 | ... | 4775 | 147 | 128 | 113 | 27 | 33 | 58 |
* The Act has not been put into operation. |