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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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| Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the Year | Number. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bakehouses, may be enumerated here. | Dressmakers and Ladies' Tailors' | 415 | |
| Workshop Laundries | |||
| Factory Bakehouses | |||
| Workshop Bakehouses | 95 | ||
| Other Workshops | 870 | ||
| Total number of workshops on Register | 1, 579 | ||
| Class. | Number. | |
|---|---|---|
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspectors of Factories:— Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133) | 85 | |
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspectors as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 5) | Notified by H.M. Inspectors | 15 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors | ||
| Other | ||
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101) Certificate granted during the year | — | |
| In use at the end of the year | 75 | |
REGISTERED HOUSES.
At the close of the year there were 2,056 houses on the register of "houses let in lodgings or
occupied by members of more than one family" (Public Health (London) Act, 1891, Section 94), of
which 28 were newly registered during the year. Inspections of these houses to the number of
9,246 were made by the Sanitary Inspectors, including 2,134 inspections of those which are let in
"furnished" rooms. Twelve hundred and sixty-six notices were issued in the course of the
year, and the provisions of the by-law for annual cleansing were duly carried out by the several landlords
under the supervision, so far as practicable, of the inspectors.
COMMON LODGING-HOUSES.
I am indebted to the Council's Medical Officer of Health for the subjoined return of the
common lodging-houses in the borough, which are 24 in number, and contain accommodation for
701 persons.