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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kensington 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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| Offence. | No. of summonses. | Magistrate's decision. |
|---|---|---|
| Failure to carry out sanitary repairs | 9 | Orders made requiring works to be carried out within 14 days in four cases and within 7 days in three cases; fined 5s. and order for work to be carried out within 14 days in one case; summons withdrawn, the work having been carried out in one case. |
| Failure to comply with by-laws for houses let in lodgings. | 10 | Fined £2 in one case; fined £1 in two cases; summonses withdrawn, by-laws having been complied with in five cases; two cases adjourned sine die. |
| Breach of by-laws of L.C.C. with respect to the removal of offensive matter. | 26 | Fined £2 in two cases; fined £1 in four cases; fined 10s. in sixteen cases; fined 5s. in two cases; summons dismissed with caution in one case and summons dismissed in one case. |
| Failure to abate overcrowding | 3 | Fined £5 in one case; fined 5s. in one case; summons withdrawn in one case. |
| Occupation of underground rooms contrary to closing orders. | 11 | Fined £5 in two cases; fined £2 in one case; fined 10s. in two cases; fined 5s. in one case; fined 2s. 6d. in two cases; summons dismissed in one case and adjourned sine die in two cases. |
| Failure to comply with the L.C.C. bylaws in connection with drainage work. | 6 | Fined £4 in two cases; order made for work to be carried out within 21 days in one case; summons withdrawn, works having been carried out in three cases. |
| Allowing a dog to deposit its excrement on the public footway. | 14 | Fined £1 in one case; fined 10s. in twelve cases; summons dismissed with caution in one case. |
| Total | 79 |
Smoke Abatement.
The borough contains but few factories or other work-places where there is a considerable
fuel consumption, and thus the problem of smoke abatement is not a very large one ; nevertheless,
in a borough which is essentially residential in character, it is very desirable that the nuisance from
smoke should be reduced to a minimum. During the year the council's sanitary inspectors
made 159 special observations with a view to ascertaining whether there were any breaches of the
smoke provisions of the Public Health Acts. Six nuisances were discovered. As the primary action
taken by the sanitary inspectors resulted in the abatement of the nuisance in four cases, written
intimation notices were not served ; in two cases the service of written intimation notices was
necessary.
| At the request of relations or friends of the deceased | 17 |
| At the request of undertakers | 45 |
| At the request of coroner | 121 |
| By the police | 11 |
| 184 |
In 115 cases, post-mortem examinations were made under the coroner's warrant.