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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 1895

The annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year 1895

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Table: TABLE VI. Summary of the Work of the Sanitary Inspectors during the nine months, April to December, 1895.

TABLE VI. Summary of the Work of the Sanitary Inspectors during the nine months, April to December, 1895.

Sanitary Districts.No. of Complaints made by Inhabitants, &c.No. of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected.No. of Re-inspections of Houses, Premises, &c.Results of Inspection.House Drains.Water Closets.Dust Receptacles.Water Supply.Miscellaneous.
Written Intimations of Nuisances Served.Notices served by order of the Works and Sanitary Committee.Final Notices signed by Medical Officer served.Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, &c.Houses Disinfected after illness of an Infectious character.†Constructed, Repaired, Cleansed, &c.Ventilated, Trapped, &c.Constructed, Repaired, &c.Supplied with Water.Soil-pipes Ventilated.New provided.Repaired, Covered, &c.Cisterns erected.Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, Covered, &c.Waste-pipes connected with drains, &c., abolished.No. of Lodging Houses newly Registered under 94th Section of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.Yards and Areas paved and drained.Animals removed, being improperly kept.Regularly Inspected.Legal Proceedings, i.e., Summonses.
Bakehouses.Licensed Cowsheds.Licensed Slaughter-Houses.
North1855573,41425767820186911171661671091449205917...149...21...14
N.E.1394162,408238133125775129116112283326498515...992326123
N.W. (Div. A)945252,96199245938681331071913872174026829...54114...21
N.W. (Div.B)2034542,4682281593217122487210118262129110......70512224
Ceutral105299627121689397068475434422782516...87813152
S.E.1571,1351,274245118819376150564314267...814827...5...28......3
S.W.1277472,7162641202412985875320614972332352815...163123...11
10104,13315,8681,5987641024936827065687016764211132059234299...6273813741318

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* For a description of the Sanitary Districts, see page 2.
†Done under the supervision of the Inspector for the Central District.
‡The total number of houses on the Register in December, 1895, in round figures, was 1,500. ( vide page 109.)