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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 1926
The annual report on the health of the Borough for the year1926
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Summary of Legal Proceedings—continued.
| Nature of Offence. | Number of Summonses heard before the Magistrates. | Magistrates' Decisions. |
|---|---|---|
| Failure to cleanse a foul and offensive room. | 1 | Order made requiring the abatement of the nuisance within 7 days. |
| Unlawfully occupying an underground room as a dwelling. | 2 | Fined £2 in 1 case. Summons withdrawn, the use of the room as a sleeping place having been discontinued in 1 case. |
| Unlawfully permitting an underground room to be occupied as a dwelling. | 2 | Fined £2 in 1 case. Summons withdrawn, the use of the room as a sleeping place having been discontinued in 1 case. |
| Failure to comply with Magistrate's order prohibiting the use of underground room. | 1 | Summons withdrawn, the room having been vacated. |
| Failure to remove an accumulalation of rubbish. | 1 | Order made for removal within 7 days. |
| Failure to comply with Magistrate's order to remove an accumulation of rubbish. | 1 | Fined £1. |
| Allowing a dog to deposit its excrement on the public footway. | 3 | Fined 10s. in each case. |
| Unlawfully obstructing the execution of a warrant issued to a Sanitary Inspector authorising him to enter premises | 1 | Fined £5. |
| Failure to pay expenses of work carried out by the Council in default under Section 3 of the Housing Act, 1925. | 2 | Order made for payment plus 5 per cent. interest in each case. |
| Total | 93 |
In addition to the above, there were issued under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 24 summonses,
particulars of which are given on pages 43 and 45.
SEWERAGE AND DRAINAGE.
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 two Temporary
Inspectors made routine inspections of house drains in 364 cases and of this number it was found
necessary to require reconstruction in only two cases and repairs in one case. 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, totalled 1,175; in 76 cases reconstruction
was required and in 146 cases repairs were found to be necessary.
During the year, 100 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 frequentr
collections are undertaken in certain special areas.