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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 1885

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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Table: TABLE VI.Inspectors' Report of the Sanitary Work completed in the year 1885-6.

TABLE VI.

Inspectors' Report of the Sanitary Work completed in the year 1885-6.

Sanitary Districts.1No. of Complaints received during the year.No. of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected.No. of Re-inspections of Houses Premises, &c.Results of Inspection.House Drains.Water-Closets.Dust Bins.Water Supply.Miscellaneous.
Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises.I Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, &c.Houses Disinfected after illness of an Infectious Character.Repaired, Cleansed, Trapped, &c.Ventilated.Repaired, &c.Supplied with Water.New provided.New provided.Repaired, Covered, &c.Cisterns (new) erected.Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered.Waste-pipes connected with Drains, &c., abolished.No. of Lodging Houses registered under 35th Section of the "Sanitary Act, 1866.Dust Removal—No. of Communications received and attended to. †Removal of Accumulations of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse.Animals Removed, being improperly kept.Regularly Inspected.Legal Proceedings : i.e., Summonses. ‡
Bakehouses.Licensed Cowsheds.Licensed Slaughter-houses.
N.W.381347115639213037101335390733253052177929512120397962
N.E.611177111536024446185824014313375831111515686472530
Centrl.7915951679279218521986832771014196222055388204242716
South11223022095424456689984616617422264506573419142443226
Totals2906421604514551048203583193386376195712363221982101932400721541423134

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* The North-East and North-West Districts lie north of the centre of Uxbridge Road; to the East and West of Ladbroke Grove and Ladbroke Grove Road respectively
(North Kensington): the Central and South Districts are south of Uxbridge Road (South Kensington).
† The actual complaints of neglect made by letter were 19.
‡ Inclusive of proceedings, in 48 cases, under the Food and Drugs Adulteration Act, all the Inspectors being Inspectors under the Act, and in 20 cases of "obstructions,"
&c., on and over the public ways.