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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 1946

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

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Table: SANITARY INSPECTION. The following table shows a summary of the inspections, etc., carried out by the sanitary inspectors during the years:-

SANITARY INSPECTION. The following table shows a summary of the inspections, etc., carried out by the sanitary inspectors during the years:-

Total complaints received7,611
Public Health (London) Act. 1936.
Houses inspected on complaint7,465
,, ,, after infectious disease878
Re-inspections10,476
Smoke observations10
Inspections of mews89
Other inspections2,525
Housing Act. 1936.
Initial inspections (including preparation or revision of house-to-house cards)408
Re-inspections464
Underground Living Rooms.
Primary inspections2,691
Re-inspections1,738
Scabies Order.
Inspections778
Drainage.
Applications202
Plans submitted69
House drains tested and inspected1,044
Shoos Act.
Inspections1,572
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 notices2,660
Statutory notices731
Final notices200
Various.
Rent Restriction Act Certificates8
Report of waste of water to the Metropolitan Water Board78
Report of dangerous structures to the London County Council60
Other notices153