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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 1897

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year, 1897

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Table: THE "NOTTING DALE" SPECIAL AREA. Summary of the Results of the House-to-House Inspection.

THE "NOTTING DALE" SPECIAL AREA. Summary of the Results of the House-to-House Inspection.

streets.No. of Houses in Street.No. of Houses let in Lodgings.No. of Common Lodging-Houses.No. of Houses not let in Lodgings.No. of Houses in which rooms are let in Lodgings.Registered Lodging Houses in which there is a Resident Keeper.Population of Houses other than Common Lodging-Houses.1Roofs defective in structure or in drainage (guttering).Walls defective, dirty, &c.Defects observedWater supply from Cistern, and not from rising Main.Other Defects.No. of Houses in respect of which notice is necessary.
Registered.Not Registered.Furnished Rooms.Unfurnished Rooms.Furnished and Unfurnished Rooms.No. of Families.No. of Persons.No. of Adults.No. of Children.Drains not trapped from the Sewer.Insufficient W.C. Accommodation.Yards not properly paved.
Bangor Street3927111-139692315934291643231-216-26
Crescent Street3917886187-8175461341120619-4914-25
Sirdar Road (part of) late St. Clement's Road4121141581226161483317166121510-99321
St. Katharine's Road111927-1254405524891,37596041542775136141190
Kenley Street late William Street502616-8211651515846633313323402932310-48
Totals2801833323411148418901,2143,3782,380998861749110123804210

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* The actual number of persons who slept at the 23 Common Lodging Houses, on May 10th, 1897, was 622, raising the population
of the "Special Area" to 4,000.