[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough] page 76

Kensington 1914

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

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Table: TABLE X. Summary of the Work done by the Sanitary Inspectors during the Year 1914.

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TABLE X. Summary of the Work done by the Sanitary Inspectors during the Year 1914.

description of work, etc.		number of district.										Grand Total.
description of work, etc.		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Grand Total.
Complaints received		205	88	83	98	138	91	140	93	100	75	1,111
House to House Inspections		271	55	65	88	78	88	361	307	32	205	1,550
Houses Inspected on Complaint		717	475	320	343	443	465	353	231	258	171	3,776
Re-inspections of Houses		564	672	1,174	1,165	877	1,595	1,018	1,068	963	917	10,013
Inspections of Lodging Houses (Unfurnished)		1,239	1,446	207	667	1,034	67	810	464	422	369	6,725
Inspections of Lodging Houses (Furnished)		36	—	924	226	—	333	1	—	—	—	1,520
Houses cleansed, &c.		177	186	113	197	87	88	309	107	104	107	1,475
Verminous Rooms cleansed		133	31	37	143	44	31	30	—	1	1	451
Dirty bedding cleansed		27	49	27	22	—	12	1	—	1	—	139
„ „ destroyed		3	1	—	—	—		—	—	2	1	7
Overcrowding abated		28	22	13	2	1	8	1	1	1	—	77
Underground Rooms, illegal occupation discontinued		2	10	-	1	-	10	7	3	4	3	40
House Drains re-constructed		4	7	17	10	3	21	4	4	3	7	80
Defective Drains repaired		35	24	17	5	4	28	16	9	13	7	158
House Drains cleansed		36	166	9	4	16	32	18	20	21	10	332
Water-closets constructed, repaired, &c.		131	31	52	80	51	81	54	43	41	85	649
„ supplied with water		32	116	—	62	47	7	50	6	32	25	377
„ new, provided		—	3	—	6	1	4	9	—	22	—	45
Soil-pipes ventilated, repaired, &c.		5	22	3	9	4	14	7	15	16	3	98
,, new, provided		4	7	1	11	2	9	4	—	9	8	55
Cisterns cleansed, covered, &c.		40	80	10	35	17	12	25	21	42	32	314
Yards, Areas paved, drained, repaired		34	28	71	41	20	32	31	12	23	15	307
Dustbins provided		61	62	45	57	13	25	28	32	91	37	451
Ashpits abolished		43	11	2	12	2	3	20	4	9	—	106
Accumulations of filth, &c., removed		46	37	5	2	2	27	43	20	20	13	215
Animals removed		5	6	5	1	9	1	10	1	—	11	49
Other Sanitary Work executed		27	540	168	81	48	47	122	42	48	91	1,214
Workshops &c., Inspections of		37	27	57	101	27	36	46	147	70	117	665
Factories, Inspections of		3	15	5	36	83	45	—	61	13	25	286
Bakehouses, Inspections of		50	65	25	79	64	40	18	29	48	52	470
Slaughter-houses, Inspections		—	35	68	27	—	24	71	8	-	—	233
„ „ Notices		_	1	—	_	_	—	—	—	-	—	1
Dairies, &c., Inspections		151	74	82	125	210	112	30	102	108	95	1,089
„ Notices		_	—	—	3		3	—	—	3	—	9
Ice Cream Vendors, premises, Inspections		56	35	24	46	30	47	7	20	19	7	291
„ „ „ Notices		—	_	_	_	_	—	—	—	—	—	—
Other Places where Food is prepared, Inspections of		203	256	57	140	104	23	71	48	88	136	1,126
Smoke observations		65	39	_	_	_	_	16	49	21	3	193
Nuisances from smoke observed		2	2	_	_	_	—	—	—	—	—	4
Mews, Inspections of		945	570	579	332	746	508	290	765	197	825	5,757
Other inspections		124	453	49	260	177	40	91	242	52	338	1,826
Notices issued	{ Written intimations	251	247	238	263	122	158	256	178	270	121	2,104
	{Statutory	48	50	69	69	26	41	48	37	28	33	449
	{Lodging House	139	136	117	166	88	22	169	52	89	29	1,007
	{Removal of Manure	3	5	-	_	_	9	1	—	—	2	20
Sanitary Works completed		873	1,439	595	781	371	492	789	340	503	456	6,639
Legal Proceedings—Number of summonses issued		8	—	1	—	—	1	—	—	1	—	11