[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough] page 20

Kensington 1936

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION OF WORK.	DISTRICT INSPECTORS.							Housing Inspectors.	Total.
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	House drains reconstructed	22	20	34	8	25	3			14	1	127
„ ,, additions to	23	9	88	14	31	8	11	12	196
Defective drains repaired	4	11	39	13	29	32	21	-	149
House drains cleansed	33	25	43	12	12	29	12	8	174
Water-closets reconstructed	23	12	42	13	83	18	81	-	272
,, repaired	22	20	17	12	47	85	9	1	213
„ new provided	17	21	7	9	139	5	146	35	379
supplied with water	40	15	24	58	145	56	101	-	439
Soil pipes ventilated, repaired, etc.	10	9	23	13	50	14	41	5	165
„ new provided	33	14	20	19	71	14	30	34	235
Ventilating pipes, new provided	25	10	37	10	18	10	28	4	142
Baths, new provided	21	5	31	72	172	83	298	2	684
Sinks, „ „	83	174	32	50	137	31	92	187	786
Bidets, „ ,,	1	—	5	3	18	3	19	-	49
Lavatory basins, new provided	39	17	53	267	854	510	605	112	2,457
Waste pipes ,, ,,	53	175	62	72	203	21	159	293	1,038
Cisterns cleansed	15	24	11	4	23	3	80	-	160
„ covered	10	22	-	2	9	1	9	-	53
„ abolished	2	13	1	-	1	4	-	7	28
Taps fixed on rising main	19	97	27	-	9	2	9	271	434
Yards, areas paved, drained, repaired	61	54	36	1	79	16	17	68	352
Dustbins provided	100	62	40	16	78	44	4	-	344
Ashpits abolished	5	3	1	-	1	4	-	-	14
Accumulations of filth, etc., removed	91	66	23	12	28	14	2	41	277
Animals removed	4	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	7
Overcrowding abated	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Indecent occupation abated	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4
Underground rooms, illegal occupation discontinued	1	-	-	-	6	3	-	-	10
Roofs repaired	89	91	61	6	48	10	5	56	366
Houses provided with water above basement floor	13	55	2	3	3	-	1	-	77
Dampness in dwellings remedied	149	75	72	3	20	5	5	-	329
Ventilated food cupboards provided	42	59	11	4	4	-	-	71	191
Artificial lighting of staircases provided	3	-	2	-	-	-	-	21	26
Closing Orders made under Housing Acts—
(a) Houses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
(b) Parts of houses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	172	172
(c) Underground rooms (included in lb) above	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	334	334
Closing Orders determined	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12
Repairs of houses completed under the Housing Acts	12	5	11	3	2	-	3	204	240
Infectious disease cases removed	150	202	93	52	29	11	54	-	583
Houses disinfected after infectious diseases (including bedding, clothing, etc.)	239	245	109	169	107	21	137	-	1,027
Rooms in such houses disinfected after infectious disease	429	247	110	176	126	24	139	-	1,251
Houses cleansed under houses let in lodgings by-laws	95	112	26	3	57	-	-	13	306
Cleansing of houses not on register	22	3	20	16	16	2	2	4	85
Verminous houses cleansed (including bedding, clothing, etc.)	164	107	56	64	42	1	32	14	480
Verminous rooms cleansed in such houses	344	236	65	112	51	5	53	26	892
Dirty bedding cleansed	49	24	11	5	33	-	50	-	172
„ „ destroyed	12	3	-	1	1	-	-	-	17
Other sanitaiy works executed	338	194	14	11	51	-	2	42	652