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Smoke Abatement.
During the year the council's sanitary inspectors made 61 special observations with a view to
ascertaining whether there were any breaches of the smoke provisions of the Public Health Acts.
Seven nuisances were discovered. As the primary action taken by the sanitary inspectors resulted in
the abatement of the nuisance in three cases, written intimation notices were not served ; in four
cases the service of written intimation notices was necessary.
Mortuary and Chapel of Rest.
During the year 218 bodies were deposited in the public mortuary in the following
circumstances:—
At the request of relations or friends of the deceased 21
At the request of undertakers 49
At the request of coroner 130
By the police 18
218
In 121 cases, post-mortem examinations were made under the coroner's warrant.
Sixteen bodies were deposited in the chapel of rest, Avondale Park. The council bad hoped
that this building would prove to be of considerable value to poor persons in Notting Dale who live
in perhaps one or two rooms and have no satisfactory accommodation for the bodies of dead relations
pending the funeral. In recent years the building has been redecorated and the furnishings have
been greatly improved, with a view to encouraging people to make more use of the chapel, which is
Situated so conveniently for a large number of poor residents. It seems unfortunate that in the past
12 months only 16 bodies were deposited there.
Public Baths and Wash-houses.
There are at the public baths a men's first class swimming bath with a capacity of 120,000
gallons, a women's first class swimming bath with a capacity of 45,000 gallons, and a second class
men's bath and second class women's bath, each of which holds 45,000 gallons.
There are 13 men's and 7 women's first class slipper baths and 34 men's and 20 women's second
class slinner baths, and 6 special warm baths.

In the wash-house or laundry department, there were 88 wash-tubs m use m 1935.

There are 8 washing machmes, and the number of women using these machines in 1935 was
18,200.
Rag Flock Acts, 1911-28.
These Acts prohibit the sale or use, for the purpose of making any article of upholstery, cushions
or bedding, of unclean flock manufactured from rags.
Four samples of rag flock were analysed and reported upon during the year. All the samples
were in accordance with the requirements of the Rag Flock Acts.
Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Acts, 1920-33.
One application was made to the council in 1935 for a certificate of fitness for habitation under
the acts, and this was not granted.
Canal Boats Acts, 1877 and 1884.
The Kensington borough council are vested with authority to enforce the Canal Boats Acts
and Regulations on all boats entering the portion of the Grand Junction Canal which is within the
boundaries of the borough.
During 1935, the canal-boats inspector made six inspections.
No notices were served in respect of the sanitary condition of the boats.
No births or deaths occurred on boats whilst lying at the wharves in Kensington, and no cases
of infectious disease were reported.