[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough] page 29

Kensington 1938

[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 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-
(a) Houses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
(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

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*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.

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Kensington 1938

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

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