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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 1898

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year, 1898

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Table: TABLE VI Summary of the Work of the Sanitary Inspectors during the year 1898.

TABLE VI Summary of the Work of the Sanitary Inspectors during the year 1898.

Sanitary Districts.*No. of Complaints made by Inhabitants, &c.No. of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected.No. of Re-inspections of Houses, Premises, &c.Written*Intimations of Nuisance served.Results of Inspection.Houses disinfected after illness of an Infectious character.House Drains.Water Closets.Dust Receptacles.Water Supply.Miscellaneous.
Notices served by order of the Works and Sanitary Committee.Final Notices (signed by Medical Officer) served.Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, &C.Repaired, Cleansed, &c.Ventilated, Trapped, &c.Repaired, &c.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, 1891.3:Yards and Areas paved and drained.Animals removed, being improperly kept.Regularly Inspected.Legal proceedings, i.e., Summonses.
akehouses.Licensed Cow-houses.Licensed Slaughter-houses.
North2029102622416299608616610651253312857486253...96621..19
N.E.14910512444453192371251101626096637121245294...502271316
N.W.1361055259833234351301117104552522767661259...251342132219
Central18710041570413219281911311751341277130137911912..2227261613
S.E.1511080168911482717784627723545116381...3724......5
S.W.194110725432902833217311173651811065229322259......159323..12
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* For a description of the Sanitary Districts, see page 2.
‡ Done under the supervision of a Special Officer.
‡ The total number of houses on the Register in December, 1898, in round figures, was 1,500. (Vide page 127).