[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough] page 21

Kensington 1933

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

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Table: Summary of works completed under the supervision of the sanitary inspectors during the year:—

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Summary of works completed under the supervision of the sanitary inspectors 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	8	4	14	20	15	4	18	5	16	5	6	115
Defective drains repaired	19	26	39	30	14	11	46	19	30	19	6	259
House drains cleansed	35	26	23	60	45	14	11	20	44	12	—	290
Water-closets reconstructed	7	38	59	12	47	16	82	31	66	12	6	366
„ repaired	36	19	20	32	81	7	20	9	26	14	7	271
,, supplied with water	6	1	65	43	8	2	12	—	42	7	6	292
„ new provided	18	9	11	35	6	47	63	56	35	114	—	394
Soil pipes ventilated, repaired, &c.	4	7	16	15	14	5	52	11	48	10	3	185
,, new provided	7	8	14	35	20	17	27	7	34	14	10	178
Baths, new provided	4	2	13	35	10	74	129	101	76	124	—	568
Sinks, „ „	27	15	70	39	71	82	104	39	86	105	14	652
Lavatory basins, new provided	9	1	15	56	10	152	250	503	370	562	—	1,928
Cisterns cleansed	5	11	4	11	125	—	6	1	5	1	2	171
„ covered	—	10	4	5	17	—	2	—	2	—	1	41
„ abolished	3	—	5	—	1	—	—	1	—	—	5	15
Taps fixed on rising main	9	4	15	10	32	3	2	1	3	—	—	79
Yards, areas paved, drained, repaired	31	33	58	42	94	4	6	6	27	8	42	351
Dustbins provided	27	79	54	62	137	7	15	42	54	22	2	501
Ashpits abolished	—	—	—	1	2	—	1	2	1	—	2	9
Accumulations of filth, &c., removed	16	48	28	27	55	3	_	24	26	5	12	244
Animals removed	3	1	_	9	7	1	_	_	3	_	—	24
Overcrowding abated	10	8	1	12	7	2	—	—	—	2	—	42
Underground rooms, illegal occupation discontinued	—	5	3	2	5	2	11	3	-	1	5	37
Roofs repaired	84	125	26	46	130	3	1	9	19	6	43	492
Houses provided with water above basement floor	2	2	7	3	1	3	20	—	—	1	2	41
Dampness in dwellings remedied	99	40	50	61	76	3	—	7	37	9	20	402
Closing Orders made under Housing Acts—
(a) Houses	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
(b) Parts of houses	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25	25
(c) Underground rooms	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	1
Closing Orders determined	—	3	—	-	-	—	—	—	—	—	—	3
Repairs of houses completed under the Housing Act, 1930	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	137	137
Infectious disease cases removed	179	138	104	158	140	61	72	30	66	33	_	981
Houses disinfected after infectious diseases (including bedding, clothing, &c.)	260	138	153	159	183	70	147	51	178	41	—	1,380
Rooms in such houses disinfected after infectious disease	264	142	157	162	198	117	163	55	178	50	—	1,486
Houses cleansed under houses let in lodgings by-laws	150	256	141	197	347	52	32	-	23	23	—	1,221
Verminous houses cleansed (including bedding, clothing, &c.)	85	24	21	43	38	20	22	10	80	34	—	377
Verminous rooms cleansed in such houses	128	69	26	68	44	20	32	18	112	38	—	555
Dirty bedding cleansed	21	8	10	6	1	1	—	—	52	2	—	101
„ „ destroyed	2	2	2	3	2	1	—	—	1	—	—	13
Other sanitary works executed	281	238	118	50	225	15	48	1	75	30	6	1,087