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Kensington 1925

The annual report on the health of the Borough for the year1925

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Summary of Works completed under the supervision of the Sanitary Inspectorsduring the Year 1925.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK, &c.NUMBER OF DISTRICT.Grand Total.
1la2344a55a66a78910
House Drains reconstructed1119101824822221384
Defective Drains repaired1231924726793121935158
House Drains cleansed Water-closets reconstructed, re3311512551209183432127101340
paired, &c. Water-closets supplied with12110112622617641229416243587619
water579423130216214139780312
Water-closets, new, provided Soil-pipes ventilated, repaired,11113108. 63166241479137
&c.551541231232114715152
Soil-pipes, new, provided67531--5-31-38473
Cisterns cleaned, covered, &c. -Yards, Areas paved, drained,2714771013212235317119713324
repaired531286262119187412813112250425
Dustbins provided682115965581339465018221810962748
Ashpits abolished -Accumulations of filth, &c.,425541241-4724990
removed25152414329526242519254463
Animals removed1355141-2-1-5340
Overcrowding abated Underground Rooms, illegal1-1533-1656218565
occupation discontinued122112168244
Roofs repaired91399756854857883328284212064876
Houses provided with water
above basement floor -6713803865633114833825364
Dampness in Dwellings re
medied -7414273082442214721013133144553
Houses closed under Sect. 11, Housing Act, 1925---------------
Repairs of Houses completed under Sect. 3, Housing
Act, 1925 ----12------3---15
Infectious Disease Cases re moved -Houses disinfected after Infec tious Diseases (including108690386665514412615546
Bedding, Clothing, &c.) Rooms in such Houses dis infected after Infectious100610637104876280-94416618738
Disease -Houses cleansed under Houses1096132381158802101-15161156501,009
Let in Lodgings By-laws -Verminous Houses cleansed (in cluding Bedding, Clothing,626033145109587418424431189100511,268
&c. Verminous Rooms cleansed in666831016810102211111632923459
such Houses174111072998415105611112242932865
Dirty Bedding cleansed437172-336
Dirty Bedding destroyed-~~-5--—-1-----6
Other Sanitary Works executed9158237193180179168349131211091651,639
(Columns la, 4a, 5a and 6a in the above tables give the inspections made, notices issued and works completed in connection with the work of the two Temporary Sanitary Inspectors in the various districts in which they were engaged during the year).