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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 1947

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

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14
SANITARY INSPECTION.

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

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

Total complaints received7,479
Public Health (London) Act, 1936.
Houses inspected on complaint7,497
" " after infectious disease843
Special visits to "contacts" of infectious disease2,163
Re-inspections12,504
Inspections in regard to overcrowding4
Inspections of mews287
Other inspections2,807
Housing Act,1936.
Initial inspections (including preparation or revision of house-to-house cards)422
Re-inspections727
Inspections in regard to overcrowding532
Underground Living Rooms.
Primary inspections2,511
Re-inspections3,007
Scabies Order.
Inspections554
Drainage.
Applications213
Plains sumitted93
House drains tested and inspected2,220
Building Licences.
Inspections5,167
Shops Act.
Inspections912

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 notices3,376
Statuory notices1,266
Final notices402
Various.
Rent Restriction Act certificates18
Report of waste of water to the Metropolitan Water Board105
Report of dangerous structures to the London Country Council124
Other notices118