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Kensington 1919
Annual report (abridged) of the Medical Officer of Health 1919
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| Bacon | (lbs.) | 1,984 |
| Beef | (lbs.) | 595 |
| Butter | (lbs.) | 101 |
| Cows (tuberculous) | — | |
| Cheese | (lbs.) | 146 |
| Coffee and Milk | (tins) | 5 |
| Dates | (lbs.) | 210 |
| Dates | (boxes) | 33 |
| Fish | (boxes) | 4 |
| Fish | (lbs.) | 102 |
| Fish | (stones) | 13 |
| Milk | (tins) | 6 |
| Mutton | (stones) | 6 |
| Ox Liver | (lbs.) | 15 |
| Pork | (lbs.) | 36 |
| Kidney | (lbs.) | 18 |
| Rabbit | (lbs.) | 124 |
| Rabbit | (boxes) | 37 |
| Salmon | (tins) | 2 |
| Smoked Haddocks | (stones) | 3 |
| Tomatoes | (boxes) | 65 |
| Veal | (stones) | 13 |
| Pigs' Heads (tuberculous) | — | 4 |
| Pigs' Carcases, etc., (tuberculous) | — | 8 |
| Pigs' Liver, Lungs and Kidneys (tuberculous) | — | 1 |
| Pigs' Pluck (tuberculous) | — | 1 |
| Potatoes | (tons) | 3 1/2 |
| Poultry | — | 13 |
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.—During the year the Sanitary Inspectors collected 658
samples under the above Acts and submitted them to the Public Analyst for analysis. Of the
samples submitted 49, or 7 per cent., were reported as adulterated. Proceedings were taken in
39 cases for adulteration or other offences, the fines and costs inflicted amounting to £280 13s. Od.
Public Health (Milk and Cream) Regulations, 1912 and 1917.—No action was
taken during the year under these regulations.
HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES.
Lodgings provided by the Council.—The Council provide within the Borough 120
tenements of one, two, or three rooms for the working classes. Latterly all the Council's
tenements have been let.
Houses Let in Lodgings.—The number of houses let in lodgings on the Council's register
at the end of the year was 2,067. In 1913, 187 of the registered houses were let in furnished
lodgings at a charge of Is. per night per room. The lodgings in the remainder of the registered
houses are let unfurnished. The inspections and re-inspections of lodging houses numbered 6,870.
Notices requiring the remedy of defects found were served in 653 instances, and 8 cases of overcrowding
were abated. The owners of four lodging houses were summoned tor failing to carry out
sanitary repairs and for breach of by-laws for houses let in lodgings. 842 houses were reported as
having been cleansed in accordance with the requirements of By-Law 16.
Common Lodging Houses.—The Common Lodging Houses in the Borough number 15 and
contain accommodation for some 495 persons. Six are for male and 9 for female lodgers.
Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910.—The house-to-house inspections
for the purpose of these Regulations and the detection of nuisances numbered 1,078. This figure
does not include re-inspections, inspections on complaint or inspections of registered lodging houses
for the purpose of enforcing the lodging house by-laws. In accordance with the directions in the
Local Government Board Circular of 4th August, 1915, only urgently necessary wcrk has been
required, with the result that it has not been possible to proceed with the scheme of housing work
which had been instituted on the lines laid down in the regulations.