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Kensington 1930

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

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PUBLIC CONVENIENCES.
The Council provide fourteen public lavatories containing water closets; three are for men only,
two for women, two for boys and two for girls, and in five, accommodation is provided for both
sexes. Part of this accommodation is provided in Avondale Park and the Barlby Road Recreation
Ground. In addition, there are eleven urinals for men under the charge of the Council. Free
accommodation is provided in the men's and women's lavatories for those who are unable to pay.
At eleven railway stations in the borough there are also conveniences for men and women, and at
75 public houses there are urinals entered from the street and available to the public. The public
conveniences for men in the borough have been regularly inspected throughout the year by the
male sanitary inspectors, and those for women in the railway stations and elsewhere have been
kept under observation by the women health officers.
SANITARY INSPECTION.
The following table shows a summary of the inspections, etc., carried out by the male
sanitary inspectors during the year:—

Table:

DESCRIPTION OF INSPECTIONS. &c.NUMBER OF DISTRICTGrand Total
]2345678910
Total Complaints Received3262841463132032541992292352152,404
Public Health (London) Act, 1891.—
Complaints received174841231701601911682232132061,692
Houses inspected on complaint1741001431771603022002252152071,903
„ after Infectious Disease16915694122136675910550451,003
Re-inspections106117913061193162911991182715857118110,502
By-Laws re Houses Let in Lodgings
Complaints received152200231434363316229692
Houses Inspected on Complaint-152200221482962295217675
First Annual Inspection (Fur-nished Houses)——4101—————15
Re-inspections „ ,,———6——————6
First Annual Inspection (Unfur- nished Houses6627911823740910520986279421,830
Re-inspections „ „498170612818251020843466543021627,157
Housing Act, 1925-
Initial Inspections (including preparation or revision of House to House Card)31626411882822411527096] ,070
Re-inspections6294647332337721888341,747
Underground Living Rooms.
Primary Inspections857—968281366
Re-inspections175813—2422—556195
Drainage.
House Drains Tested and In- spected308213938113645675120229946
Voluntary Drainage Work
Applications made3751024246449760143450
Plans submitted60410151735212040168
Inspections of Workshops -202569425410381303668492
„ Factories371826202231519—6166
„ Bakehouses51334414206737232237
„ Ice Cream Pre-mises412262165—14—6112
„ other Food Pre-mises7525934727219726117611041,017
„ Mews1791784906557200813032921291,974
Smoke Observations3751063——75—21157
Other Inspections96058062480565846831811413384256,317
Canal Boats Inspections—16————————16
„ „ Re-inspections—56————————56