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Kensington 1899

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year, 1899

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Table: TABLE VI. Summary of the Work of the Sanitary Inspectors during the year 1899.

TABLE VI. Summary of the Work of the Sanitary Inspectors during the year 1899.

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 Nuisance 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.§Repaired, Cleansed, &c.Ventilated, Trapped, &c.Repaired, &c.Supplied with Separate Water Service.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 Cow-houses.Licensed Slaughter-houses.
North24893823914393145312020011935289126960527834040105321...16
N.E.2028552417354161321349616857161184125926401...366271314
N.W.153107016342483431319282684218820739402251...562132229
Central168105620283592102685113136901477671511762......193...26165
S.E.152925111716979111510140104512121148392...20...24.........
S.W.1991110194738030129108155606415087283523832...8109223..17
112259541153419491408164654747591298980225228175139582814485191313441361

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For a description of the Sanitary Districts, see pace 2.
† Under the provisions of sec. 3 Public Health (London) Act 1891.
‡ Or these notices, 720 (218, 132, 94, 140, 41 and 95 in the several sanitary districts) were issued under the provisions of sec. 4 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 ; and
CSS (96. 29, 249, 70. 38 and 206 in the several districts) under the bve-laws for houses let in lodgings. or occunied by members of more than one family.
§ Done under the supervision of a Special Officer.
†The total number of houses on the Register in December, 1899, in round figures, was 1,650. (Vide page 155.)