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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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Table: Summary of the Work of the Sanitary Inspectors during the Year 1905. (See page 90.)

Summary of the Work of the Sanitary Inspectors during the Year 1905. (See page 90.)

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.1Notices served by order of the Public Health Committee.Notices served under the Lodging-House By-lawsFinal Notices (signed by Medical Officer) served.iHouses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, &c.Houses disinfected after illness : Infectious disease, †Reconstructed, Repaired, Cleansed, &c.Ventilated, Trapped, &c.Repaired.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.Dairies, Milkshops, &c.Licensed Cow-house.Licensed Slaughter-houses.
No. I. District1231,0422,141331614713208956062377—4979499——7713742——1
No. II. „761,0572,235193872375428988209961119533165711—1214935—28
No. III. „627502,930186312722826465451850141378117—1340364311—
No. IV. „1059121,8963055954131607024105987552132131201961642—12
No. V. „528671,7592904812101139930168306121—5——511329———
No. VI. „858111,88517247642774305920552321556—43051123—22
No. VII. „1041,0591,595160212362915467583214275209684721—871727—41
No. VIII. „929831,65012426631516552474102611231037——222817—11
No. IX. „928871,69424039132101181008914104665242912392—7911327———
No. X. „698231,70413352381678455095736167—8——27—719—15
8609,19119,4892,1344711,1552151,6237116711238433796227623636337537507369730411215

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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, 1905, in round figures, was 2,100.