Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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TABLE X.
Summary of the Work done by the Sanitary Inspectors during the Year 1912.
description of work. etc. | number of district. | Grand Total. | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
Complaints received | 205 | 156 | 68 | 116 | 125 | 131 | 177 | 117 | 206 | 109 | 1,410 |
House to House Inspections | 146 | 118 | 101 | 228 | 227 | 5 | 238 | 423 | 36 | 343 | 1,865 |
Houses Inspected on Complaint | 357 | 225 | 101 | 170 | 266 | 259 | 256 | 159 | 442 | 129 | 2,364 |
Re-inspections of Houses | 757 | 656 | 1,235 | 1,363 | 1,681 | 1,552 | 895 | 1,090 | 1,418 | 867 | 11,514 |
Inspections of Lodging Houses (Unfurnished) | 1,207 | 1,424 | 458 | 465 | 491 | 222 | 944 | 346 | 792 | 435 | 6,784 |
Inspections of Lodging Houses (Furnished) | 118 | 3 | 1,082 | 194 | — | 520 | 3 | — | — | — | 1,920 |
Houses cleansed, &c. | 115 | 365 | 265 | 87 | 85 | 51 | 446 | 72 | 188 | 60 | 1,734 |
Verminous Rooms cleansed | 84 | 55 | 145 | 62 | 11 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 406 |
Dirty bedding cleansed | 3 | 37 | 77 | 6 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 124 |
,. ,. destroyed | — | 3 | 7 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 13 |
Overcrowding abated | 13 | 44 | 22 | 15 | — | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 113 |
Underground Rooms, illegal occupation discontinued | 4 | 5 | 1 | — | 4 | — | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | 22 |
House Drains re-constructed | 13 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 105 |
Defective Drains repaired | 25 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 13 | 12 | 27 | 11 | 173 |
House Drains cleansed | 26 | 122 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 278 |
Water-closets constructed, repaired, &c. | 160 | 35 | 84 | 76 | 68 | 41 | 87 | 36 | 87 | 54 | 731 |
„ supplied with water | 9 | 164 | 1 | 60 | 74 | 3 | 78 | 17 | 62 | 14 | 482 |
new, provided | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 45 | |
Soil-pipes ventilated, repaired, &c. | 10 | 16 | — | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 75 |
„ new, provided | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 66 |
Cisterns cleansed, covered, &c. | 26 | 73 | 29 | 35 | 25 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 78 | 15 | 327 |
Yards, Areas paved, drained, repaired | 42 | 35 | 111 | 31 | 35 | 41 | 51 | 15 | 60 | 5 | 426 |
Dustbins provided | 80 | 110 | 91 | 56 | 125 | 22 | 30 | 23 | 75 | 40 | 652 |
Ashpits abolished | 26 | 24 | 25 | 15 | 102 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 6 | 229 |
Accumulations of tilth, &c., removed | 37 | 74 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 247 | 42 | 34 | 4 | 481 |
Animals removed | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 51 |
Other Sanitary Work executed | 24 | 394 | 183 | 28 | 73 | 39 | 169 | 42 | 56 | 73 | 1,081 |
Workshops, &c., Inspections of | 33 | 104 | 57 | 140 | 82 | 51 | 120 | 159 | 108 | 126 | 980 |
Factories, Inspections of | 6 | 23 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 89 |
Bakehouses, Inspections of | 67 | 78 | 21 | 91 | 63 | 46 | 55 | 22 | 109 | 55 | 607 |
Slaughter-houses, Inspections | — | 34 | 82 | 15 | — | 38 | 80 | 18 | — | 1 | 268 |
Dairies, &c., Inspections | 144 | 87 | 107 | 121 | 167 | 201 | 72 | 99 | 256 | 107 | 1,362 |
„ Notices | 3 | — | 5 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 19 |
Ice Cream Vendors, premises, Inspections | 19 | 29 | 22 | 44 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 184 |
„ „ „ Notices | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 14 |
Other Places where Food is prepared, Inspections of | 188 | 221 | 58 | 137 | 88 | 29 | 120 | 69 | 180 | 139 | 1,229 |
Smoke observations | 87 | 31 | 4 | — | — | — | 36 | 95 | 40 | 11 | 304 |
Nuisances from smoke observed | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
Mews, Inspections of | 980 | 675 | 537 | 477 | 663 | 674 | 349 | 929 | 695 | 881 | 6,860 |
Other inspections | 49 | 406 | 81 | 116 | 187 | 75 | 83 | 344 | 128 | 141 | 1,610 |
Written intimations | 267 | 324 | 307 | 256 | 258 | 175 | 248 | 161 | 411 | 121 | 2,528 |
Notices issued Statutory | 34 | 81 | 67 | 38 | 53 | 48 | 37 | 49 | 71 | 37 | 515 |
Lodging Hous. | 151 | 255 | 243 | 123 | 57 | 44 | 187 | 49 | 96 | 31 | 1,236 |
Removal of Manure | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 12 |
Sanitary Works completed | 724 | 1,619 | 1,107 | 515 | 684 | 337 | 1,259 | 325 | 786 | 308 | 7,614 |
Legal Proceedings—Number of summonses issued | 3 | 3 | 6 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 16 |