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Kensington 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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| Ward. | Name of registered keeper. | Address of common lodging house. | No. of lodgers for which licensed in 1929. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Total. | |||
| Golborne | Chesterton, Ada Elizabeth | 194, Kensal Road | — | 71 | 71 |
| Norland | Woodhouse, Jane E. | 10, Crescent Street | — | 25 | 25 |
| „ | Hankins, John W. | 28 & 30, do. | 54 | — | 54 |
| „ | Woodhouse, Jane E. | 40, do. | — | 25 | 25 |
| „ | Alexander, Agnes Mary | 25 & 27, do. | — | 43 | 43 |
| „ | Cooper, Sagle | 66, St. Ann's Road | 66 | — | 66 |
| Totals | 120 | 164 | 284 | ||
HOUSES LET IN FURNISHED ROOMS.
Houses let in furnished rooms constitute the most unsatisfactory and undesirable form of
housing accommodation. In 1912, there were 187 of these houses in the borough, but year by
year the number has so diminished that at the end of 1929, there remained only 29. These 29
are situated in the following parts of the borough:—
Norland Ward 13
Golborne Ward 11
Pembridge Ward 5
29
HOUSING STATISTICS FOR 1929.
| Inspection— | ||
| (1) Total number of dwelling houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 5,513 | |
| (2) Number of dwelling houses which were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925 | 675 | |
| (3) Number of dwelling houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | _ | |
| (4) Number of dwelling houses(exclusive of those referred to under the preceding heading) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation | 2,883 | |
| 2.—Remedy of Defects without Service of Formal Notices. | ||
| 433 | ||
| 3.—Action under Statutory Powers. | ||
| A.—Proceedings under Section 3 of the Housing Act, 1925. | ||
| (1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs | 94 | |
| (2) Number of dwelling houses which were rendered fit:— | ||
| (a) By owners | 16 | |
| (b) By local authority in default of owners | 2 | |
| (3) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which closing orders became operative in pursuance of declarations by owners of intention to close | N | |