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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SANITARY INSPECTION.
The following table shows a summary of the inspections, etc., carried out by the sanitary inspectors during the year:-
Total complaints received | 7,479 |
Public Health (London) Act, 1936. | |
Houses inspected on complaint | 7,497 |
" " after infectious disease | 843 |
Special visits to "contacts" of infectious disease | 2,163 |
Re-inspections | 12,504 |
Inspections in regard to overcrowding | 4 |
Inspections of mews | 287 |
Other inspections | 2,807 |
Housing Act,1936. | |
Initial inspections (including preparation or revision of house-to-house cards) | 422 |
Re-inspections | 727 |
Inspections in regard to overcrowding | 532 |
Underground Living Rooms. | |
Primary inspections | 2,511 |
Re-inspections | 3,007 |
Scabies Order. | |
Inspections | 554 |
Drainage. | |
Applications | 213 |
Plains sumitted | 93 |
House drains tested and inspected | 2,220 |
Building Licences. | |
Inspections | 5,167 |
Shops Act. | |
Inspections | 912 |
The following table shows the number of notices issued in respect of nuisances, defects, etc., found during the year:-
Public Health (London) Act,1936. | |
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Intimation notices | 3,376 |
Statuory notices | 1,266 |
Final notices | 402 |
Various. | |
Rent Restriction Act certificates | 18 |
Report of waste of water to the Metropolitan Water Board | 105 |
Report of dangerous structures to the London Country Council | 124 |
Other notices | 118 |