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Kensington 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]

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Table: Summary of the Work of the Sanitary Inspectors during the Year 1908. (See page 51.)

Summary of the Work of the Sanitary Inspectors during the Year 1908. (See page 51.)

Sanitary Districts.No. of Complaints made by Inhabitants, &c.No. of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected.No. of Re-inspections of Houses, Premises, &c.Results of Inspection.House DrainsWater Closets.Dust Receptacles.Water Supply.Miscellaneous.
Written Intimations of Nuisance served.*Notices served by order of the Public Health Committee.Notices served under the Lodging-House By-lawsFinal Notices (signed by Medical Officer) served.Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired. Whitewashed, &c.Houses disinfected after illness: Infectious disease.†Reconstructed, Repaired, Cleansed, &c.Ventilated, Trapped, &c.Repaired.Supplied with Water.Soil-pipes ventilated.New provided.Repaired, Covered, &c.Cisterns erected.Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, Covered, &c.Waste-pipes connected with Drains, &c., abolished.No. of Lodging Houses newly Registered under 94th Section of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891}Yards and Areas paved and drained.Animals removed, being improperly kept.Bakehouses, No. of.Bakehouses, No. of Inspections of.Dairies, Milkshops, No of.Dairies, Milkshops, No. of Inspections of.Mews, No. of Inspections of.Legal proceedings, i.e., Summonses.
No. I. District1212,24191932456172112291445082075—4558—64——45147763821510181
No. II. „592,5721,2804039031873418113181—39142—3711049—20483962301598147
No. III. „442,2361,2263085225526222664216319—742—7——51266235150689—
No. IV. ,,711,47689824743137201167635773706312151873167452205579—
No. V. „691,3471,0262042252129911432764841241—6——13613109333228041
No. VI. ,,681,1461,36315452461666613819661114326——2711058171256771
No. VII ,,611,4281,075133141425210693512656731324—193—3218572184428—
No. VIII. „661,1911,123134251338711841—4914115416——12382018157851—
No. IX. ,,801,68288634356 •90121431195411625833117448——571132827205591—
No. X. „511,1691,404152524122866219553711816—3——14—7461898447—
69016,48811,2002,4024621,2662001,67694252770741467163021181821342830634975922891720689810

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* 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, 1908, was 2,056.