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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Sanitary Inspectors' Report of the Sanitary Work completed in the year 1891-92.
Sanitary Districts.* | No. of Complaints made by Inhabitants. | 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. | ||||||||||||||
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Notices i?sued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises. | Houses, Premises, &c , Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, &c. | Houses Disinfected after illness of an Infectious character. | Repaired, Cleansed, &c. | Ventilated, Trapped, &c. | Repaired, &'c. | Supplied with Water. | New Provided. | New Provided. | Repaired, Covered, &c. | Cisterns 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."† | 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. | 127 | 1348 | 2774 | 725 | 49 | 86 | 256 | 216 | 51 | 320 | 11 | 35 | 38 | 100 | 33 | 19 | ... | ... | ... | 36 | 4 | 6 | 44 |
N.E. | 153 | 1071 | 1852 | 348 | 95 | 63 | 59 | 121 | 82 | 177 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 36 | 76 | ... | 1 | 11 | 45 | 2 | 5 | 41 |
Central | 76 | 1454 | 1422 | 352 | 177 | 89 | 169 | 98 | 111 | 174 | 35 | 58 | 77 | 24 | 52 | 80 | ... | 5 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 18 |
South | 243 | 2782 | 2793 | 724 | 606 | 75 | 112 | 148 | 43 | 399 | 7 | 3 | 58 | 8 | 145 | 159 | ... | 24 | 6 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
Totals | 599 | 6655 | 8841 | 2149 | 927 | 313 | 596 | 583 | 287 | 1070 | 64 | 102 | 183 | 149 | 266 | 334 | ... | 30 | 18 | 148 | 9 | 20 | 122 |
* 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 total number of houses on the Register in March, 1892, in round figures, was 1,800.
‡ These matters are now dealt with by the Street Inspectors for the most part.