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

Kensington 1937

[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
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7			House drains reconstructed	4	25	19	26	16	23	25	2	140
,, ,, additions to	15	34	25	15	22	39	46	19	215
Defective drains repaired	1	9	17	14	14	30	23	8	116
House drains cleansed	18	22	12	10	9	15	4	18	108
Water-closets reconstructed	26	53	38	29	54	68	94	13	375
„ repaired	10	13	4	8	14	19	14	98	180
„ new provided	9	11	25	72	108	63	202	13	503
„ supplied with water	9	11	25	72	108	63	202	13	503
Soil pipes ventilated, repaired, etc.	6	15	7	22	29	43	67	3	192
,, new provided	11	20	23	14	43	24	38	21	194
Ventilating pipes, new provided	6	15	24	18	26	37	16	10	152
Baths, new provided	8	2	37	82	158	163	284	7	761
Sinks, „ „	23	97	31	43	68	50	64	134	510
Bidets, ,, ,,	4	—	3	5	23	13	11	—	59
Lavatory basins, new provided	15	—	50	198	455	320	512	—	1,550
Waste pipes „ „	16	79	60	151	157	26	96	119	704
Cisterns cleansed	1	1	7	2	9	5	15	22	62
„ covered	3	4	1	—	5	—	15	9	37
„ abolished	—	7	2	—	1	—	1	4	15
Taps fixed on rising main	—	64	19	—	5	1	9	149	247
Yards, areas paved, drained, repaired	10	25	35	13	34	13	10	116	256
Dustbins provided	20	17	65	15	79	15	2	51	264
Ashpits abolished	1	2	—	1	2	1	—	7	14
Accumulations of filth, etc., removed	4	31	41	15	15	11	1	118	236
Animals removed	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	3	4
Overcrowding abated	—	1	—	—	1	—	—	1	3
Indecent occupation abated	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2
Underground rooms, illegal occupa-tion discontinued	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	9	11
Roofs repaired	20	44	91	24	11	6	4	214	414
Houses provided with water above basement floor	—	24	4	1	1	2	—	54	86
Dampness in dwellings remedied	20	22	146	13	10	—	2	156	369
Ventilated food cupboards provided	1	38	—	—	—	—	—	139	178
Artificial lighting of staircases pro-vided	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	19	23
Closing Orders made under Housing Acts—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
(a) Houses	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
(b) Parts of houses	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	202	202
(c) Underground rooms (inclu-ded in (b) above)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	378	378
Closing Orders determined	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	32	32
Repairs of houses completed under the Housing Acts	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	147	147
Infectious disease cases removed	240	238	89	59	66	43	42	—	777
Houses disinfected after infectious diseases (including bedding, clothing, etc.)	328	256	95	65	107	45	43	—	939
Rooms in such houses disinfected after infectious disease	338	268	138	78	119	59	53	—	1,053
Houses cleansed under houses let in lodgings by-law	47	39	25	16	9	—	5	60	201
Cleansing of houses not on register	1	1	21	2	6	—	2	5	38
*Verminous houses cleansed (includ-ing bedding, clothing, etc.)	50	91	63	18	37	—	2	50	311
*Verminous rooms cleansed in such houses	99	158	86	68	46		2	126	585
Dirty bedding cleansed	1	34	21	2	28	—	3	—	89
„ „ destroyed	4	12	1	—	9	—	—	1	27
Other sanitary works executed	54	85	12	46	30	—	1	80	308
*These cleansings do not include those which appear on page 59 under the heading of Disinfestation—treatment of verminous dwellings and treatment of slight infestations.