[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough] page 19

Kensington 1935

[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 and housing inspectors during the year:—

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

DESCRIPTION OF WORK.	NUMBER OF DISTRICT.								Housing Inspectors.	Total
DESCRIPTION OF WORK.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Housing Inspectors.	Total
House drains reconstructed	4	1	17	25	6	9	15	23	6	106
,, ,, additions to	7	6	10	23	13	18	2	26	85	190
Defective drains repaired	7	3	4	26	20	25	19	25	15	143
House drains cleansed	26	8	37	23	23	11	22	10	22	182
Water-closets reconstructed	5	4	21	24	23	58	30	137	65	367
„ repaired	22	7	7	11	32	18	10	9	26	142
„ new provided	20	31	33	16	55	56	48	113	85	447
„ supplied with water	11	8	1	1	34	35	5	198	85	378
Soil pipes ventilated, repaired, &c.	4	5	5	13	17	36	25	47	12	164
,, new provided	12	13	20	13	25	23	7	37	85	235
Ventilating pipes, new provided	9	10	18	22	11	10	12	24	85	201
Baths, new provided	7	1	20	31	99	97	86	260	—	601
Sinks, „ „	51	164	67	34	66	79	32	124	497	1,114
Bidets, ,, ,,	—	—	—	—	1	1	6	63	—	71
Lavatory basins, new provided	12	2	29	35	307	279	360	800	—	1,824
Waste pipes ,, ,,	24	62	27	40	73	98	19	129	497	969
Cisterns cleansed	3	3	—	4	7	3	5	4	16	45
„ covered	2	5	—	3	3	—	3	4	12	32
„ abolished	1	——	1	—	1	—	1	—	27	31
Taps fixed on rising main	9	50	—	18	1	—	—	3	463	544
Yards, areas paved, drained, repaired	43	79	26	14	35	35	1	24	102	359
Dustbins provided	52	78	26	24	35	42	27	11	49	344
Ashpits abolished	2	—	1	—	—	—	1	—	—	4
Accumulations of filth, &c., removed	30	53	33	18	29	17	17	6	54	257
Animals removed	13	5	3	—	1	—	—	—	—	22
Overcrowding abated	2	6	4	—	1	—	—	—	65	78
Indecent occupation abated	—	8	2	—	1	—	—	—	6	17
Underground rooms, illegal occupation discontinued	—	3	2	—	2	—	—	2	193	202
Roofs repaired	61	170	52	31	38	30	22	23	249	676
Houses provided with water above basement floor	10	64	-	1	—	1	—	3	—	79
Dampness in dwellings remedied ...	80	161	68	17	22	20	5	19	30	422
Ventilated food cupboards provided	39	129	8	1	2	—	—	—	506	685
Artificial lighting of staircases provided		—	—	1	1	—	—	—	161	165
Closing Orders made under Housing Acts—
(a) Houses	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
(b) Parts of houses	—	4	1	10	3	—	—	2	—	20
(c) Underground rooms	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Closing Orders determined	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	30	30
Repairs of houses completed under the Housing Acts, 1925 & 1930	3	10	8	3	2	_	_	_	169	195
Infectious disease cases removed	149	130	127	111	80	26	13	52	—	688
Houses disinfected after infectious diseases (including bedding, clothing, &c.)	217	181	162	113	117	75	15	117	—	997
Rooms in such houses disinfected after infectious disease	227	192	169	113	141	79	16	130	—	1,067
Houses cleansed under houses let in lodgings by-laws	110	219	89	19	27	40	—	27	169	700
Cleansing of houses not on register	33	12	6	6	26	15	2	3	—	103
Verminous houses cleansed (including bedding, clothing, &c.)	98	138	57	50	29	23	7	37	88	527
Verminous rooms cleansed in such houses	260	226	88	68	41	29	7	45	185	949
Dirty bedding cleansed	126	132	30	9	7	18	—	38	—	360
„ „ destroyed	6	2	11	5	4	2	—	1	—	31
Other sanitary works executed	295	279	133	2	186	60	—	17	169	1,141