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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 1905
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Royal Borough of Kensington for the year 1905
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The subjoined table recommended for use by the Metropolitan Branch of the Society of
Medical Officers of Health is inserted at the request of the Medical Officer of Health of the London
County Council.
PROCEEDINGS DURING 1905.
| PREMISES. | NUMBER OF PLACES. | Number of inspections, 1905. | Number of notices, 1906. | Number of prosecutions, 1905. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On register at end of 1904. | Added in 1905. | Removed in 1905. | On register at end of 1905. | ||||
| Milk premises | 291 | 15 | 2 | 304 | 925 | 55 | — |
| Cowsheds | 1 | — | — | 1 | 26 | — | — |
| Slaughter-houses | 12 | — | — | 12 | 92 | — | — |
| Other offensive trade premises | 1 | — | — | 1 | 41 | — | — |
| Ice cream premises | 167 | — | 3 | 164 | 334 | 45 | — |
| Registered houses let in lodgings | 2070 | 37 | — | 2107 | 7757 | (a)* 50 (b)†1105 | (a) — (b)†1 |
Total number of intimation notices served for all purposes, 2134.
| Overcrowding-1905. | ||
| Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded | 95 | |
| Number remedied | 95 | |
| Number of prosecutions | - | |
| Underground rooms- | ||
| Illegal occupation dealt with during year | 22 | |
| Number of rooms closed | 22 | |
| Insanitary houses- | ||
| Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 | - | |
| Number closed under the Housing of the Working Classes Act | - | |
| Number of premises cleansed under Sec. 20 of L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1904 | 109 | |
| Shelters provided under sec. 60 (4) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891- | ||
| Number of persons accommodated during the year | No shelter | |
| Revenue Acts- | ||
| Number of houses for which applications for certificates were received during year | 6 | |
| Number of tenements comprised therein | 17 | |
| Number of tenements for which certificates were (a) granted | 17 | |
| Continued on page 92. | ||
| • (a) For overcrowding. † (b) For other conditions. | ||