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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 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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| Sanitary Districts.1 | No. of Complaints made by Inhabitants, 4c. | No. of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected. | No. of Re-inspections of Houses, Premises, &c. | Results of Inspection. | House Drain? | Water Closets. | Dust Receptacles. | Water Supply. | Miscellaneous. | |||||||||||||||||
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| Written Intimations of Nuisance served.‡ | Notices served by order of the Sanitary Committee. | Notices served under the Lodging-House Bye-laws. | Final Notices (signed by Medical Officer) served. | Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, & c. | Houses disinfected after illness: Infectious disease.‡ | Repaired, Cleansad, &c. | Ventilated, Trapped, & c. | Repairs, Ax. | Supplied with Separate Water Service. | Soil-pipes Ventilated. | New provided. | Repaired, Covered, Ac. | Cisterns erected. | Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, Covered, &c. | Waste-pipes connected with drains, &c., abolished. | No. of Lodging Houses newly Registered under !)4th Section of the Public Health (London) Act, 1S91.§ | Yards and Areas paved and drained. | Animals removed, being improperly kept. | Regularly Inspected. | Legal proceedings, i.e , Summonses. | ||||||
| Bakehouses. | Licensed Cow-houses. | Licensed Slaughter-houses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North | 174 | 1,076 | 2,699 | 468 | 190 | 297 | 52 | 271 | 265 | 87 | 47 | 303 | 15 | 55 | 100 | 97 | 2 | 111 | — | 17 | 139 | 19 | 21 | — | 1 | 4 |
| N.E. | 153 | 1,014 | 2,273 | 533 | 152 | 142 | 53 | 174 | 129 | 98 | 50 | 189 | 37 | 51 | 33 | 12 | 24 | 73 | — | — | 52 | 7 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| N.W. | 176 | 1,115 | 2,672 | 352 | 147 | 431 | 82 | 346 | 54 | 73 | 42 | 344 | 40 | 7 | 96 | 98 | 3 | 72 | 1 | 1 | 112 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| Central | 196 | 1,144 | 1,983 | 473 | 102 | 178 | 49 | 212 | 116 | 72 | 45 | 136 | 63 | 25 | 18 | 44 | 5 | 58 | — | — | 171 | — | 26 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| S.E. | 140 | 1,312 | 1,767 | 322 | 65 | 58 | 15 | 60 | 93 | 50 | 38 | 91 | 18 | 40 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 73 | — | — | 16 | — | 24 | — | — | 3 |
| S.W. | 231 | 1,184 | 2,272 | 459 | 132 | 128 | 82 | 188 | 108 | 90 | 87 | 178 | 108 | 74 | 46 | 28 | 13 | 47 | 3 | — | 146 | 3 | 23 | — | 1 | 3 |
| 1,070 | 6,845 | 13,666 | 2,607 | 788 | 1,234 | 283 | 1,201 | 765 | 470 | 259 | 1,241 | 281 | 252 | 311 | 297 | 66 | 434 | 4 | 18 | 636 | 35 | 134 | 4 | 13 | 45 | |
* For a description of the Sanitary Districts, see page 53. †Under the provisions of sec. 3 Public Health (London) Act, 1891. ‡ Done under the supervision of a Special Officer.
§ The total number of houses on the Register in December, 1900, in round figures, was 1,700. ( Vide page 66.)