Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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Summary of works completed under the supervision of the district and housing inspectors during the year :-
DESCRIPTION OF INSPECTIONS, Etc. | WARD. | Housing Inspectors. | Total. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St. Charles. | Golborne. | Norland. | Pem-bridge. | Holland. | Earls Ct. & Queens Gt. | Brompton & Rodcliffe | |||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||
House drains reconstructed | 6 | 14 | 32 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 41 | 136 |
,, additions to | 21 | 9 | 186 | 44 | 17 | 20 | 27 | 165 | 489 |
Defective drains repaired | 11 | 23 | 40 | 37 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 109 | 260 |
House drains cleansed | 29 | 45 | 41 | 24 | 9 | 24 | 6 | 83 | 261 |
Water-closets reconstructed | 7 | 58 | 42 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 40 | 45 | 229 |
„ repaired | 23 | 47 | 22 | 46 | 18 | 42 | 7 | 178 | 383 |
„ new provided | 21 | 19 | 72 | 96 | 56 | 53 | 108 | 65 | 490 |
„ supplied with water | 3 | 16 | 49 | 7 | 48 | 58 | 148 | 18 | 347 |
Soil pipes ventilated, repaired, etc. | 6 | 10 | 24 | 31 | 17 | 46 | 34 | 24 | 192 |
„ new provided | 26 | 27 | 36 | 38 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 102 | 291 |
Ventilating pipes, new provided | 25 | 15 | 40 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 95 | 221 |
Baths, new provided | 25 | 9 | 48 | 92 | 57 | 98 | 199 | 12 | 560 |
Sinks, „ „ | 42 | 86 | 78 | 117 | 23 | 67 | 63 | 535 | 1,011 |
Bidets, pp ,, | - | - | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 1 | - | 24 |
Lavatory basins, new provided | 27 | 27 | 102 | 163 | 136 | 242 | 238 | - | 935 |
Waste pipes „ „ | 68 | 84 | 170 | 100 | 60 | 88 | 90 | 439 | 1,099 |
Cisterns cleansed | 24 | 16 | 24 | 22 | 16 | 44 | 43 | 104 | 293 |
„ covered | 7 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 3 ! | 34 | 28 | 98 |
„ abolished | - | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 47 |
Taps fixed on rising main | 146 | 72 | 133 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 439 | 840 |
Yards, areas paved, drained, repaired | 56 | 27 | 49 | 20 | 13 | | 11 | 21 | 314 | 511 |
Dustbins provided | 50 | 49 | 66 | 72 | 79 | 90 | 32 | 153 | 591 |
Ashpits abolished | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 13 | 17 |
Accumulations of filth, etc., removed | 39 | 58 | 49 | 21 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 285 | 499 |
Animals removed | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 |
Overcrowding abated | 10 | 23 | 4 | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 49 |
Underground rooms, illegal occupation discontinued | 7 | 12 | - | - | 1 | _ | 2 | 22 | |
Roofs repaired | 82 | 80 | 81 | 56 | 22 | 27 | 35 | 492 | 875 |
Houses provided with water above basement floor | - | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | - | 38 | 66 |
Dampness in dwellings remedied | 85 | 67 | 88 | 44 | 8 | 41 | 15 | 384 | 732 |
Ventilated food cupboards provided | - | 17 | 4 | - | - | 8 | 5 | 375 | 409 |
Artificial lighting of staircases provided | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 36 | 40 |
Closing Orders made under Housing Acts- | |||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
(b) Underground rooms | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 540 | 540 |
Closing Orders determined | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 44 | 44 |
Repairs of houses completed under the Housing Acts | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 180 | 190 |
Infectious disease cases removed | 119 | 86 | 87 | 65 | 25 | 51 | 56 | 5 | 494 |
Houses disinfected after infectious diseases (including bedding, clothing, etc.) | 380 | 196 | 96 | 182 | 49 | 247 | 131 | 6 | 1,287 |
Rooms in such houses disinfected after infectious disease | 389 | 232 | 118 | 201 | 60 | 280 | 162 | 6 | 1,448 |
Houses cleansed under houses let in lodgings by-laws | 105 | 134 | 91 | 101 | 88 | 40 | 77 | 132 | 768 |
Cleansing of houses not on register | 32 | 3 | 24 | 11 | - | 20 | 11 | 5 | 10«: |
*Verminous houses cleansed (including bedding, clothing, etc.) | 122 | 112 | 75 | 86 | 15 | 74 | 48 | 143 | 675 |
*Verminous rooms cleansed in such houses | 227 | 158 | 285 | 129 | 16 | 92 | 55 | 324 | 1,286 |
Dirty bedding cleansed | 4 | 19 | - | 5 | 13 | - | 60 | 10 | 111 |
„ ,, destroyed | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 10 |
Other sanitary works executed | 118 | 150 | 13 | 119 | 30 | 69 | 25 | 1,500 | 2,024 |
*These cleansings do not include those which appear on page 34 under the heading of
Disinfestation—treatment of verminous dwellings and treatment of slight infestations.