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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 1945

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

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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):-

The following is a summary of works completed under the supervision of the sanitary inspectors during the year (excluding war damage repairs):-
House drains reconstructed14
,, additions to11
Defective drains repaired128
House drains cleansed261
Water closets reconstructed58
,, ,, repaired100
,, ,, new provided71
,, ,, supplied with water103
Soil pipes, ventilated, repaired, etc.32
,, ,, new provided9
Ventilating pipes new provided25
Baths, new provided31
Sinks, new provided40
Lavatory basins, new provided73
Waste-pipes, new provided76
Cisterns cleansed16
,, covered6
Taps fixed on rising main.10
Yards and areas paved, drained, etc16
Dustbins provided201
Accumulations of filth, etc., removed.184
Animals removed37
Roofs repaired352
Houses provided with water above basement level32
Dampness in dwellings remedied432
Infectious disease cases removed329
Houses disinfected after infectious disease (including bedding, etc.)926
Rooms in such houses disinfected after infectious disease1106
Houses cleansed under Houses Let in Lodgings By-laws71
Cleansing of houses not on register81
Verminous houses cleansed (including bedding, clothing, etc.)118
Verminous rooms in such houses cleansed194
Dirty bedding cleansed61
,, ,, destroyed11
Other sanitary works executed412

Table: HOUSING. (Excluding war damage). Inspection of dwelling houses during the year.

HOUSING. (Excluding war damage). Inspection of dwelling houses during the year.

HOUSING. (Excluding war damage). Inspection of dwelling houses during the year.
(i) (a) Dwelling houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts)7125
(b) Inspections made for the purpose16054
(ii) (a) Dwelling houses (including those under sub-head (i) above) which were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925)98
(b) Inspections made for the purpose136
(iii) Dwelling houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation41
(iv) Dwelling houses (excluding those referred to under the preceding sub-head) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation. 1605