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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 1915
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1915
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TABLE IX.—PROCEEDINGS DURING 1915.
| PREMISES. | NUMBER OF PLACES. | Number of inspections, 1915. | Number of notices, 1915. | Number of prosecutions, 1915. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On register at end of 1914 | Added in 1915. | Removed in 1915. | On register at end of 1915. | ||||
| Milk premises | 201 | 3 | 5 | 199 | 1,250 | 3 | — |
| Cowsheds | 1 | — | — | 1 | 55 | — | — |
| Slaughter-houses | 10 | — | 2 | 8 | 255 | 4 | — |
| Other offensive trade premises | Nil | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ice cream premises | 197 | 14 | 2 | 209 | 231 | — | — |
| Registered houses let in lodgings | 2,071 | — | 6 | 2,065 | 7,340 | (a)*58 (b)†723 | (a)*0 (b)†6 |
Total number of intimation notices served for all purposes, 1,854.
*(a) For overcrowding. †(b) For other conditions.
Overcrowding—1915.
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 48
Number remedied 48
Number of Prosecutions 0
Underground rooms—
Illegal occupations dealt with during year 12
Number of rooms closed 12
Insanitary houses —
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 0
Number closed under the Housing of the Working Classes Act 9
Number of premises cleansed under Section 20 of L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1904 437
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 31
Number of tenements comprised therein 63
Number of tenements for which certificates were (a) granted 63
(b) refused 0
Number of prosecutions under By-laws under Public Health Act, 1891 —
(a) For prevention of nuisance arising from snow, ice, salt, filth, &c.—
(b) For prevention of nuisance arising from offensive matter running out of any manufactory,
etc. —
(c) For the prevention of keeping of animals in such a manner as to be injurious to health 0
(d) As to paving of yards, etc., of dwelling houses 0
(e) In connection with the removal of offensive matter, etc. 0
(f) As to cesspools and privies, removal and disposal of refuse, etc. —
(g) For securing the cleanliness of tanks, cisterns, etc. —
(h) With respect to water closets, earth closets, etc. 0
(i) With respect to sufficiency of water supply to water closets —
(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) 0
Mortuaries —
Total number of bodies removed 308
Total number of infectious bodies removed 0