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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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TABLE V1A. Summary of Works completed by the Sanitary Inspectors during the Year 1923.
| DESCRIPTION OF WORK, &c. | NUMBER OF DISTRICT. | GrandTotal | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2a | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
| House Drains re-constructed | 3 | 6 | — | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 1 | — | 19 | 7 | 55 |
| Defective Drains repaired | 12 | 13 | — | 11 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 32 | 21 | 126 |
| House Drains cleansed | 43 | 64 | — | 10 | 15 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 28 | 121 | 48 | 378 |
| Water-closets reconstructed, repaired, &c. | 142 | 160 | 5 | 37 | 28 | 60 | 28 | 6 | 14 | 38 | 49 | 567 |
| Water-closets supplied with water | 13 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 63 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 132 | 47 | 306 |
| Water-closets, new, provided | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | _ | 43 | 13 | 69 |
| Soil-pipes ventilated, repaired, &c. | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 14 | — | 4 | 2 | 7 | 63 | 4 | 115 |
| Soil-pipes, new, provided | 4 | 4 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | 3 | 23 | 6 | 47 |
| Cisterns cleaned, covered, &c. | 19 | 44 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 105 | 13 | 223 |
| Yards, Areas paved, drained, repaired | 51 | 129 | 11 | 16 | 41 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 18 | 40 | 39 | 381 |
| Dustbins provided | 84 | 145 | 15 | 30 | 77 | 32 | 25 | 25 | 34 | 170 | 58 | 695 |
| Ashpits abolished | 9 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 89 |
| Accumulations of filth, &c., removed | 24 | 76 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 86 | 281 |
| Animals removed | 11 | 22 | - | 4 | 6 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | _— | 5 | 53 |
| Overcrowding abated | 9 | 16 | — | 4 | 1 | — | _ | _ | — | — | 1 | 31 |
| Underground Rooms, illegal occupation discontinued | 4 | 2 | _ | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 6 | 2 | 20 |
| Roofs repaired | 78 | 115 | 19 | 42 | 91 | 71 | 27 | 11 | 31 | 142 | 30 | 657 |
| Houses provided with water above basement floor | 27 | 26 | 22 | 40 | 31 | 1 | — | 20 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 203 |
| Dampness in Dwellings remedied | 25 | 76 | 23 | 10 | 68 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 32 | 17 | 314 |
| Houses closed under Sect. 17, Housing Act, 1909 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Repairs of Houses completed under Sect. 28, Housing Act, 1919 | — | 1 | — | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 10 |
| Infectious Disease Cases removed | 81 | 84 | — | 48 | 56 | 67 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 61 | 29 | 483 |
| Houses Disinfected after Infectious Diseases (including Bedding, Clothing, &c,) | 61 | 91 | — | 41 | 52 | 62 | 23 | 38 | 19 | 57 | 31 | 475 |
| Rooms in such Houses, disinfected after Infectious Disease | 64 | 126 | — | 44 | 61 | 68 | 30 | 72 | 39 | 118 | 48 | 670 |
| Houses cleansed under Houses Let in Lodgings By-laws | 98 | 191 | 1 | 33 | 85 | 63 | 23 | 72 | 17 | 96 | 15 | 694 |
| Verminous Houses cleansed (including Bedding, Clothing, &c. | 105 | 69 | 11 | 39 | 36 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 311 |
| Verminous Rooms cleansed in such Houses | 265 | 82 | 15 | 124 | 42 | 2 | 12 | 33 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 608 |
| Dirty Bedding cleansed | 8 | 1 | 1 | — | 10 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | 24 |
| Dirty Bedding destroyed | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 12 |
| Other Sanitary Works executed | 64 | 312 | 141 | 161 | 186 | 184 | 63 | 52 | 14 | 35 | 126 | 1,338 |