London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Kensington 1909

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1909

This page requires JavaScript

70
TABLE VI—PROCEEDINGS DURING 1909.
PREMISES.
NUMBER OF PLACES.
Number of
inspections,
1909.
Number of
notices,
1909.
Number of
prosecutions,
1909
On register
at end of
1908.
Added in
1909.
Removed
in 1909.
On register
at end of
1909.
Milk premises
284
14
108
190
1,574
36
—
Cowsheds
1
—
—
1
47
—
—
Slaughter-houses
11
—
1
10
246
—
—
Other offensive trade premises
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Ice cream premises
165
12
—
177
165
35
—
Registered houses let in lodgings
2,056
20
—
2,076
9,484
(a)*112
(b)†1180
(a)*—
(b)†9
Total number of intimation notices served for all purposes, 2405.
*(a) For overcrowding †(b) For other conditions.
Overcrowding—1909.
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 56
Number remedied 56
Number of prosecutions —
Underground rooms—
Illegal occupation dealt with during year 17
Number of rooms closed —
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 260
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 10
Number of tenements comprised therein 51
Number of tenements for which certificates were (a)-granted 31
(6) refused —
Number of prosecutions under By-laws under Public Health Act, 1891.
(a) For prevention of nuisance arising from snow, ice, salt, filth, etc., —
(b) For prevention of nuisance arising from offensive matter running out of any
factory, etc. —
(c) For the prevention of keeping of animals in such a manner as to be injurious to health —
(d) As to paving of yards, etc., of dwelling houses —
(e) In connection with the removal of offensive matter, etc. 1
(/) As to cesspools and privies, removal and disposal of refuse, etc. —
(g) For securing the cleanliness of tanks, cisterns, etc. 1
(h) With respect to water closets, earth closets, etc. —
(i) With respect to sufficiency of water supply to water closets 3
(j) With respect to drainage, etc., (Metropolis Management Act, section 202) —
(k) With respect to deposit of plans as to drainage, etc. (Metropolis Management Acts
Amendment (By-laws) Act, 1899) —
Mortuaries—
Total number of bodies removed 323
Total number of infectious bodies removed 2