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Kensington 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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TABLE IX—PROCEEDINGS DURING 1914.
| PREMISES. | NUMBER OF PLACES. | Number of inspections 1914. | Number of notices, 1914. | Number of prosecu-tions, 1914. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On register at end of 1913. | Added in 1914. | Removed in 1914, | On register at end of 1914. | ||||||
| Milk premises | 201 | 7 | 7 | 201 | 1,089 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Cowsheds | 1 | — | — | 1 | 42 | — | — | ||
| Slaughter-houses | 10 | — | — | 10 | 233 | 1 | — | ||
| Other offensive trade premises | Nil | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Ice cream premises | 185 | 15 | 3 | 197 | 291 | — | — | ||
| Registered houses let in lodgings | 2,085 | 5 | 19 | 2,071 | 8,245 | {(a)*74 | {(a)*0 | ||
| {(b)*933 | {(b)*7 | ||||||||
Total number of intimation notices served for all purposes, 2,104.
* (a) For overcrowding. †(b) For other conditions.
| Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded | 77 | |
| Number remedied | 77 | |
| Number of Prosecutions | 0 | |
| Illegal occupations dealt with during year | 7 | |
| Number of rooms closed | 5 | |
| Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 | 0 | |
| Number closed under the Housing of the Working Classes Act | 3 | |
| Number of premises cleansed under Section 20 of L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1904 | 451 | |
| Number of persons accommodated during the year | No shelter | |
| Number of houses for which applications for certificates were received during year | 18 | |
| Number of tenements comprised therein | 41 | |
| Number of tenements for which certificates were (a) granted | 38 | |
| 0 | ||
| (a) For prevention of nuisance arising from snow, ice, salt, filth, &c. | — | |
| (b) For prevention of nuisance arising from offensive matter running out of any manu-factory, etc. | - | |
| 0 | ||
| 0 | ||
| 0 | ||
| (f) As to cesspools and privies, removal and disposal of refuse, etc. | — | |
| — | ||
| 0 | ||
| (i) With respect to sufficiency of water supply to water closets | — | |
| (j) With respect to drainage, etc. (Metropolis Management Act, section 202) | — | |
| (k) With respect to deposit of plans as to drainage etc. (Metropolis Management Acts Amendment (By-laws) Act, 1899) | ||
| Total number of bodies removed | 296 | |
| Total number of infectious bodies removed | 3 | |