London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1925
The annual report on the health of the Borough for the year1925
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Summary of Legal Proceedings—continued.
| Nature of Offence. | Number of Summonses heard before theMagistrates. | Magistrates' Decisions. |
|---|---|---|
| Failure to comply with the order made by the Justices to abate overcrowding. | 1 | Fined 5s. |
| Allowing a dog to deposit its excre ment upon the footway. | 2 | Fined £2 in 1 case, and lOs- in 1 case. |
| Failure to remove an accumulation of manure. | 2 | Fined £2 in each case. |
| Failure to remove an accumulation of refuse. | i | Order made for the work to be carried out within 14 days. |
| Failure to carry out cleansing works and to remove an accumu lation of rubbish. | i | Order made for the work to be carried out within 14 days. |
| Failure to discontinue keeping fowls in mewsway. | i | Order made prohibiting the keeping of fowls in the mewsway. |
| Contravention of closing order. | i | Fined £5. |
| Total | 154 | |
| In addition to the above, there were issued under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 11 summonses, particulars of which are given on pages 48 and 50. | ||
SEWERAGE AND DRAINAGE.
Work in connection with sewers controlled by the Council and drainage work in connection
with new buildings is carried out under the supervision of the Borough Engineer, who also supervises
the construction of drains on existing premises where the work is undertaken by the owner
on his own initiative. The reconstruction of drains found to be defective by the Sanitary Inspectors
is carried out under their supervision, plans of any proposed alteration being submitted in the
first instance to the Borough Engineer and then handed on to the Public Health Department.
Every house in the Borough is connected with the water carriage system for the disposal of
sewage.
House drainage is, generally speaking, quite satisfactory. For example, the 2 temporary
inspectors made routine inspections of house drains in 671 cases and of this number it was found
necessary to require reconstruction in only 15 and repairs in 12 cases. The number of house
drains inspected, including those inspections which may be described as routine, in addition to
those made on complaint or after infectious disease, total 1,138; in 84 cases reconstruction was
required and in 158 cases repairs were found to be necessary.
During the year, 137 new water-closets were provided under notice by the Sanitary Inspectors
in order to supplement the accommodation already existing.
DUST REMOVAL.
House refuse is collected at least once a week in all districts in the Borough but more frequent
collections are undertaken in certain special areas.
The refuse is either disposed of by incineration in the Council's destructor at Wood Lane or
removed by barge from the wharves in Kensal Road and Lots Road. Trade refuse is removed by
the Council on payment of a fee in accordance with the provisions of Section 33 of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891. Fish offal and other offensive trade products, which could be removed
on application as trade refuse, are for the most part removed and sold by the persons to whom this
class of refuse belongs.