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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 1904

The annual report on the health, sanitary condition of the Royal Borough of Kensington, etc., etc., for the year 1904

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Table: Summary of the Work of the Sanitary Inspectors during the Year 1904. (See page 77.)

Summary of the Work of the Sanitary Inspectors during the Year 1904. (See page 77.)

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 Public Health Committee.Notices served under the Lodging-Houses By-lawsFinal Notices (signed by Medical Officer) served.Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, &c.Houses disinfected after illness: Infectious disease,Repaired, Cleansed, &c.Ventilated, Trapped, &c.Repaired.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.Dairies, Milkshops, &c.Licensed Cow-house.Licensed Slaughter-houses.
No. I. District1058792,388336774810178888318238—264572100——978787——1
No. II. ,,1091,2712,26337415220386531118829151882258216134151124—19222936—22
No. III. ,,586912,51321876207402177535125511989181202—506639112
No. IV ,,917471,7853097471171388487469288461161—8271648—12
No. V. ,,711,0251,182243242071258214—5625—95—8——16—1838———
No. VI ,,927702,096177496722121887111891864576——2441022—28
No. VII ,,979391,39516043998012011840257042176851811—48—722—4—
No. VIII ,,889821,64911918781010866512382262116317——254817—1—
No. IX. ,,919631,92627857162141818444714665821141849——7511625———
No. X. „487461,33592414718874845167118583—7——208717—1—
8459,01318,5322,3066119921991,75678674910596541898367193438668—579609929111210

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* Under the provisions of sec. 3 Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
† Done under the supervision of a Special Officer.
‡ The total number of houses on the Register in December, 1904, in round figures, was 2,050, vide page 64,
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