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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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Sanitary Inspection.
The following table shows a summary of the inspections, etc., carried out by the district and housing inspectors during the year:—
| DESCRIPTION OF WORK. | DISTRICT INSPECTORS. | Hous-ing Inspec-tors. | Total. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 366 | 468 | 261 | 247 | 236 | 125 | 302 | 226 | 2,231 | |
| Complaints received | 277 | 243 | 255 | 222 | 215 | 125 | 271 | 84 | 1,692 |
| Houses inspected on complaint | 277 | 246 | 270 | 222 | 215 | 125 | 271 | 84 | 1,710 |
| „ after infectious disease | 355 | 458 | 118 | 76 | 67 | 65 | 66 | — | 1,205 |
| Re-inspections | 677 | 179 | 1,473 | 1,425 | 1,950 | 686 | 1,691 | 155 | 8,236 |
| Complaints received | 89 | 225 | 6 | 25 | 21 | — | 31 | 142 | 539 |
| Houses inspected on complaint | 89 | 225 | 6 | 25 | 21 | — | 31 | 142 | 539 |
| First annual inspection (furnished houses) | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| First annual inspection (unfurnished houses) | 102 | 150 | 96 | 23 | 28 | — | 7 | 51 | 457 |
| Re-inspections do. do. | 172 | 683 | 304 | 13 | 42 | — | 23 | 178 | 1,415 |
| Housing Acts. | |||||||||
| Initial inspections (including preparation or revision of house-to-house card) | 85 | 82 | 64 | 90 | 106 | 80 | 72 | 278 | 857 |
| Re-inspections | 155 | 18 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 30 | 94 | 5168 | 5,533 |
| Underground living rooms. | |||||||||
| Primary inspections | 66 | 169 | 40 | 25 | 22 | — | 134 | 540 | 996 |
| Re-inspections | 82 | 83 | 50 | 64 | 125 | — | 172 | 8253 | 8,829 |
| Drainage. | |||||||||
| Applications made | 45 | 66 | 60 | 83 | 184 | 131 | 212 | 39 | 820 |
| Plans submitted | 17 | 25 | 20 | 25 | 94 | 68 | 122 | 7 | 378 |
| House drains tested and inspected | 47 | 130 | 36 | 49 | 112 | 71 | 141 | 81 | 667 |
| Inspections of mews | 70 | 357 | 5 | 229 | 110 | 170 | — | 1 | 942 |
| *„ common lodging houses | — | — | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | 66 |
| †Smoke observations | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Other inspections | 616 | 562 | 612 | 455 | 242 | 454 | 446 | 865 | 4,252 |
The following table shows the number of notices which have been issued in respect of nuisances, defects, etc., found during the year:—
| DISTRICT INSPECTORS. | Hous-ing Inspec-tors. | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||
| Intimation notices | 242 | 238 | 193 | 70 | 86 | 54 | 109 | 262 | 1,254 |
| Statutory notices | 26 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 80 | 168 |
| Final notices | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 40 |
| Summonses issued | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | . | 1 |
| Sect. 9 (Repairs) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 177 | 177 |
| Sect. 157 (Entry) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 714 | 714 |
| Removal of manure | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Smoke nuisance orders | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rent Restrictions Act certificates | — | 1 | — | — | _— | — | — | — | 1 |
| Other notices | 3 | 33 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 9 | 49 |
| Report of waste of water to M.W.B. | 13 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 6 | — | — | 15 | 70 |
| „ dangerous structures to L.C.C | 11 | 24 | 7 | — | 3 | — | — | 9 | 54 |
| * The common lodging houses for women are inspected by one of the council's women health officers and during the year 1937, eighty inspections were made. † Fifteen smoke observations were made by the inspectors responsible for factories and workshops. | |||||||||