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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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TABLE IX—PROCEEDINGS DURING 1913.
| PREMISES. | NUMBER OF PLACES. | Number of inspections, 1913. | Number of notices, 1913. | Number of prosecutions, 1913. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On register at end of 1912. | Added in 1913. | Removed in 1913. | On register at end of 1913. | ||||||
| Milk premises | 205 | 6 | 1,295 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Cowsheds | 1 | — | — | 1 | 45 | _ | — | ||
| Slaughter-houses | — | — | 275 | 1 | — | ||||
| Other offensive trade premises | Nil | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Ice cream premises | 171 | 33 | 19 | 185 | 556 | — | |||
| Registered houses let in lodgings | 3 | 2,093 | 7,470 | (a) *58 | |||||
| (b)+842 | |||||||||
Total number of intimation notices served for all purposes, 2,536.
| * (a) For overcrowding. † (4) For other conditions. | ||
| 111 | ||
| Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded | ||
| Number remedied | 111 | |
| Number of Prosecutions | 0 | |
| 76 | ||
| Illegal occupations dealt with during year | ||
| Number of rooms closed | 56 | |
| Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 | 1 | |
| Number closed under the Housing of the Working Classes Act | 15 | |
| Number of premises cleansed under Section 20 of L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1904 | 271 | |
| Number of persons accommodated during the year | No shelter | |
| Number of houses for which applications for certificites were received during year | 77 | |
| Number of tenements comprised therein | 168 | |
| Number of tenements for which certificates were (a) granted | 152 | |
| (b) refused | 0 | |
| — | ||
| (y) For prevention of nuisance arising from offensive matter running out of any manufactory, etc. | _ | |
| (c) For the prevention of keeping of animals in such a manner as to be injurious to health | 0 | |
| 0 | ||
| (e) In connection with the removal of offensive matter, etc. | 0 | |
| (f) As to cesspools and privies, removal and disposal of refuse, etc. | — | |
| (g) For securing the cleanliness of tanks, cisterns, etc. | — | |
| 0 | ||
| (i) With respect to sufficiency of water supply to water closets | — | |
| (j) With respect to drainage, etc. (Metropolis Management Act, section 202) | — | |
| 0 | ||
| Total number of bodies removed | 303 | |
| Tctal number of infectious bodies removed | 0 | |