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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 1943

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

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Table: The following table shows the number of notices issued in respect of nuisances, defects, etc., found during the year:-

The following table shows the number of notices issued in respect of nuisances, defects, etc., found during the year:-

Public Health (London) Act, 1936.
Intimation notices1,288
Statutory notices417
Final notices160
Various
Rent Restriction Act certificates2
Report of waste of water to M.W.B.119
Report of dangerous structures to L.C.C.68
Other notices101

Table: The following is a summary of works completed under the supervision of the sanitary inspectors during the year (excluding war damage repairs):-

The following is a summary of works completed under the supervision of the sanitary inspectors during the year (excluding war damage repairs):-

House drains reconstructed34
" " additions to22
Defective drains repaired96
House drains cleansed218
Water-closets reconstructed44
" " repaired68
" " ,new provided30
" " supplied with water22
Soil pipes, ventilated, repaired, etc31
" " new provided14
Ventilating pipes, new provided26
Baths, new provided16
Sinks, new provided50
Lavatory basins, new provided48
Waste pipes, new provided82
Cisterns cleansed9
" covered5
Taps fixed on rising main45
Yards, areas paved, drained, repaired64
Dustbins provided114
Accumulations of filth, etc., removed227
Overcrowding abated8
Animals removed8
Roofs repaired339
Houses provided with water above basement5
Dampness in dwellings remedied440
Infectious disease cases removed285
Houses disinfected after infectious disease (including bedding,clothing, etc.)518
Rooms in such houses disinfected after558
Houses cleansed under houses let in lodgings by-laws217
Cleansing of houses not on register51
Verminous houses cleansed (including bedding, clothings, etc.)806
Verminous rooms in such houses cleansed991
Dirty bedding cleansed45
" " destroyed2
Other sanitary works executed357