Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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The following table shows the number of notices which have been issued in respect of nuisances, defects, etc., found in the various districts during the year:—
| NUMBER OF DISTRICT. | Housing Inspector. | Grand Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Kind of notices issued. Public Health (London) Act, 1891. | ||||||||||||
| Intimations | 191 | 423 | 227 | 488 | 298 | 81 | 98 | 102 234 | 63 | - | 2,205 | |
| Statutory notices | 15 | 118 | 33 | 75 | 95 | 11 | 26 | 8 | 26 | 14 | - | 421 |
| Final notices | 3 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 34 | - | 3 | - | 15 | - | - | 83 |
| Summonses issued | - | - | 5 | - | - | 7 | - | - | 15 | |||
| Housing Acts, 192S and 1930. | ||||||||||||
| Sect. 17 (1930) (Repairs) | 148 | 148 | ||||||||||
| Sec. 127 (1925) (Power of entry) | 530 | 530 | ||||||||||
| Underground room habitation | - | 10 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| Removal of manure | 6 | - | 4 | 1 | - | 12 | ||||||
| Smoke nuisance notices | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | |||||
| Rent Restrictions Act certificates | - | - | - | - | 2 | |||||||
| Special notices included under Public Health (London) Act, 1891, relating to factories | - | - | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 7 | - | 2 | - | - | 24 |
| ,, workshops | - | 10 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 17 | |||||
| „ bakehouses | - | - | — | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 12 | ||
| Other notices | - | 49 | 60 | 16 | 15 | 25 | - | - | ||||
| Report of waste of water to M.W.B. „ dangerous structures to | 4 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 5 | - | - | 58 | |
| L.C.C. | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 4 | - | 3 | - | 2 | 50 | |
| Canal boats | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |