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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 X. Summary of the Work done by the Sanitary Inspectors during the Year 1915.
| DESCRIPTION OF WORK, Etc. | NUMBER OF DISTRICT. | Grand Total. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8* | 9 | 10 | |||
| Complaints received | 177 | 106 | 70 | 132 | 116 | 45 | 246 | 31 | 244 | 83 | 1,250 | |
| House to House Inspections | 297 | 109 | 82 | 89 | 136 | 132 | 288 | 148 | 7 | 496 | 1,774 | |
| Houses Inspected on Complaint | 517 | 365 | 258 | 253 | 444 | 559 | 420 | 53 | 415 | 199 | 3,483 | |
| Re-inspections of Houses | 571 | 670 | 1,154 | 1,194 | 1,053 | 1,411 | 1,009 | 435 | 1,121 | 791 | 9,409 | |
| Inspections of Lodging Houses (Unfurnished) | 993 | 1,284 | 277 | 778 | 780 | 144 | 603 | 74 | 645 | 327 | 5,905 | |
| Inspections of Lodging Houses (Furnished) | 35 | – | 947 | 173 | – | 280 | – | – | – | – | 1,435 | |
| Houses cleansed, &c. | 120 | 401 | 103 | 143 | 117 | 101 | 246 | 14 | 140 | 55 | 1,440 | |
| Verminous Rooms cleansed | 143 | 47 | 72 | 77 | 52 | 17 | 14 | – | 7 | 8 | 437 | |
| Dirty bedding cleansed | 5 | 26 | 11 | 12 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 62 | |
| „ „ destroyed | 1 | – | – | 4 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 6 | |
| Overcrowding abated | 12 | 14 | 9 | 6 | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | 1 | 48 | |
| Underground Rooms, illegal occupation discontinued | 1 | – | – | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 12 | |
| House Drains re-constructed | 6 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 66 | |
| Defective Drains repaired | 28 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 25 | 9 | 145 | |
| House Drains cleansed | 29 | 168 | 12 | 2 | 111 | 46 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 335 | |
| Water-closets constructed, repaired, &c. | 142 | 16 | 51 | 72 | 57 | 40 | 39 | 14 | 44 | 37 | 512 | |
| „ Supplied with water | 5 | 135 | 1 | 56 | 54 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 36 | 8 | 330 | |
| „ new, provided | – | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | – | 5 | 2 | 29 | – | 48 | |
| Soil-pipes ventilated, repaired, &c. | 5 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 48 | |
| „ new, provided | 2 | 3 | – | 7 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 46 | |
| Cisterns cleansed, covered, &c. | 23 | 66 | 8 | 22 | 13 | 29 | 17 | – | 42 | 5 | 225 | |
| Yards, Areas paved, drained, repaired | 42 | 27 | 28 | 37 | 33 | 29 | 29 | 4 | 50 | 3 | 282 | |
| Dustbins provided | 78 | 84 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 12 | 48 | 5 | 65 | 11 | 362 | |
| Ashpits abolished | 47 | 13 | – | 8 | 1 | 3 | 35 | – | 28 | – | 135 | |
| Accumulations of filth, &c., removed | 45 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 53 | 43 | 7 | 41 | 17 | 259 | |
| Animals removed | 41 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11 | – | 3 | – | 37 | |
| Other Sanitary Work executed | 17 | 572 | 100 | 87 | 65 | 90 | 150 | 10 | 77 | 47 | 1,215 | |
| Workshops &c., Inspections of | 42 | 33 | 55 | 124 | 63 | 59 | 32 | 65 | 79 | 199 | 751 | |
| Factories, Inspections of | 9 | 12 | 8 | 38 | 8 | 30 | – | 22 | 10 | 23 | 160 | |
| Bakehouses, Inspections of | 82 | 57 | 32 | 95 | 77 | 67 | 21 | 2 | 66 | 79 | 578 | |
| Slaughter-houses, Inspections | – | 21 | 97 | 41 | – | 38 | 55 | 8 | – | – | 255 | |
| „ „ Notices | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 4 | |
| Dairies, &c., Inspections | 153 | 52 | 111 | 202 | 212 | 126 | 32 | 32 | 235 | 95 | 1,250 | |
| „ Notices | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | |
| Ice Cream Vendors, premises, Inspections | 46 | 34 | 25 | 35 | 17 | 41 | 6 | – | 23 | 4 | 231 | |
| „ „ Notices | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Other Places where Food is prepared, Inspections of | 185 | 242 | 64 | 152 | 139 | 58 | 55 | 15 | 111 | 130 | 1,151 | |
| Smoke observations | 102 | 36 | – | – | – | – | 89 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 250 | |
| Nuisances from smoke observed | 3 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 6 | |
| Mews, Inspections of | 928 | 655 | 588 | 193 | 706 | 512 | 332 | 242 | 529 | 881 | 5,566 | |
| Other inspections | 59 | 316 | 21 | 191 | 8 | – | – | 71 | 120 | 120 | 906 | |
| Notices issued | Written intimations | 233 | 290 | 154 | 266 | 119 | 157 | 195 | 36 | 301 | 103 | 1,854 |
| Statutory | 45 | 58 | 44 | 56 | 13 | 54 | 41 | 10 | 32 | 24 | 377 | |
| Lodging House | 82 | 163 | 104 | 117 | 70 | 27 | 94 | 1 | 92 | 31 | 781 | |
| Removal of Manure | – | – | 2 | 6 | – | – | 12 | – | 1 | 3 | 24 | |
| Sanitary Works completed | 755 | 1,665 | 460 | 591 | 443 | 480 | 710 | 82 | 637 | 227 | 6,050 | |
| Legal Proceedings—Number of summonses issued | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 18 | |
The Inspector of this District was absent on Military Service from April 24th.