[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough] page 23

Kensington 1931

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

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Table: Summary of Works completed under the Supervision of the SanitaryInspectors during the Year.

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Summary of Works completed under the Supervision of the SanitaryInspectors during the Year.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK, &c.	NUMBER OF DISTRICT.										Housing Inspector.	Grand Total.
DESCRIPTION OF WORK, &c.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Housing Inspector.	Grand Total.
House drains reconstructed	7	2	10	14	15	5	17	5	15	8	2	100
Defective drains repaired	11	4	6	25	27	15	27	23	18	45	2	203
House drains cleansed	34	32	23	28	44	21	16	46	36	65	—	345
Water-closets reconstructed	23	10	13	42	66	10	16	21	31	49	4	285
„ repaired	134	10	22	28	94	24	20	11	21	55	17	436
„ supplied with water	6	3	9	82	16	14	8	6	34	137	12	327
„ new provided	10	—	17	24	19	27	32	24	33	110	1	297
Soil pipes ventilated, repaired, &c.	8	4	11	20	20	10	17	17	42	55	2	206
„ new provided	8	2	14	14	30	19	22	9	19	48	2	187
Baths, new provided	19	—	18	22	23	33	42	34	75	95	—	361
Sinks, ,, „	36	—	22	62	50	28	42	19	65	83	18	425
Lavatory basins, new provided	18	—	11	50	37	95	97	188	212	214	—	922
Cisterns cleansed	6	4	3	8	69	6	4	6	1	4	5	116
„ covered	6	2	4	8	31	4	1	1	—	1	3	61
„ abolished	—	—	—	—	—	7	—	1	—	—	—	8
Taps fixed on rising main	3	1	2	6	16	1	3	10		97	—	139
Yards, areas paved, drained, repaired	54	7	28	28	78	17	5	16	1	60	155	449
Dustbins provided	59	41	30	24	139	16	13	40	10	45	29	446
Ashpits abolished	—	4	2	1	11	1	1	4	—	9	12	45
Accumulations of filth, &c., removed	15	25	15	16	44	12	7	40	26	149	84	433
Animals removed	1	3	1	7	5	—	—	1	—	—	6	24
Overcrowding abated	12	6	7	3	2	3	1	—	2	2	—	38
Underground rooms, illegal occupation discontinued	3	13	5	—	12	3	1	2	3	4	27	73
Roofs repaired	85	110	65	28	137	18	26	25	79	72	178	823
Houses provided with water above basement floor	2	6	6	5	9	2	10	1	—	19	17	77
Dampness in dwellings remedied Closing Orders made under	98	67	86	34	79	10	23	11	45	21	77	551
Housing Acts—
(a) Houses	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
(b) Parts of Houses	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
(c) Underground Rooms	1	2	—	—	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	6
Closing Orders determined	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Repairs of houses completed under the Housing Act, 1930	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	196	196
Infectious disease cases removed	155	43	88	97	80	45	29	23	59	4	—	623
Houses disinfected after infectious diseases (including bedding, clothing, &c.)	168	46	90	157	150	97	90	44	133	39	—	1,014
Rooms in such houses disinfected after infectious disease	206	48	94	172	171	147	107	59	138	49	—	1,191
Houses cleansed under houses let in lodgings by-laws	59	208	141	95	390	54	26	5	17	14	—	1,009
Verminous houses cleansed (including bedding, clothing, &c.)	59	40	64	35	56	2	38	21	18	15	19	367
Verminous rooms cleansed in such houses	134	45	80	51	61	2	56	30	22	18	42	541
Dirty bedding cleansed	12	5	30	11	23	5	—	2	3	4	—	95
„ „ destroyed	—	1	2	1	1	2	—	1	1	—	—	9
Other sanitary works executed	84	93	107	71	128	51	76	35	54	116	102	917