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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kensington 1876
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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Inspectors' Report of the Sanitary Work completed in tbe year ended March 25th, 1877.
| 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. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises. | Houses, Premises, &c. Cleansned, Repaired and Whitetashed | 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 Cleasened, Repaired and Covered. | No. of Lodging Houses registered under 35th Clause of Sanitary | No. of Dust Complaints received and attended to. | Removal of accumulations of Drugs, Stagnant Water, Animal and ther Refuse. | Removal of Animals, &c., improperly kept. | Regularly Inspected. | Other Proceedings, e.g.Legal Proceedings. | |||||
| Bakehouses. | Licensed Cowhouses. | Licensed Slaughterhouses. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| North. | 689 | 164s5 | 652 | 566 | 26 | 152 | 122 | 84 | 172 | 2 | 18 | 92 | 14 | 76 | 2022 | 72 | 16 | 66 | 17 | 21 | 51 | |
| South. | 668 | 1574 | 658 | 592 | 16 | 138 | 85 | 67 | 119 | 7 | 49 | 6 | 59 | 2549 | 65 | 4 | 51 | 11 | 10 | 10 | ||
| Total | 1357 | 3219 | 1310 | 1168 | 42 | 290 | 207 | 151 | 291 | 2 | 25 | 141 | 20 | 135 | 4571 | 137 | 20 | 117 | 28 | 31 | 61 | |
* This Act has not been put into operation.