London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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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 notices | 3,086 |
| Statutory notices | 1,939 |
| Final notices | 959 |
| Various | |
| Rent Restrictions Act certificates | 15 |
| Report of waste water to the Metropolitan Water Board | 89 |
| Report of dangerous structures to the London County Council | 113 |
| Other notices | 53 |
The following is a summary of works completed under the supervision of the sanitary inspectors during the year (excluding war damage repairs)
| House drains, reconstructed | 67 |
| House drains, additions to | 56 |
| Defective Drains,repaired | 259 |
| House drains, cleansed | 283 |
| Water closets, reconstructed | 78 |
| Water closets, repaired | 279 |
| Water closets, new provided | 236 |
| Water closets, supplied with water | 160 |
| Soil pipes ventilated, repaired etc. | 91 |
| Soil pipes new provided | 120 |
| Ventilating pipes, new provided | 122 |
| Baths, new Provided | 161 |
| Sinks, new provided | 144 |
| Lavatory basins, new provided | 416 |
| Waste pipes, new provided | 471 |
| Cisterns, Cleansed | 19 |
| Cisterns, covered | 18 |
| Taps fixed on rising main | 6 |
| Yards and areas paved, drained, etc. | 36 |
| Dustbins provided | |
| Accumulations of filth, etc., removed | 135 |
| Animal removed | 10 |
| Roofs repaired | |
| Houses provided with water above basement level | 101 |
| Dampness in dwellings remedied | |
| Infectious disease cases removed | |
| Houses disinfected after infectious disease (including bedding, etc.) | |
| Rooms in such houses, disinfected after infectious disease | 700 |
| Houses cleansed under Houses Let in Lodgings Bylaws | 83 |
| Cleansing of houses not on register | 577 |
| Verminous houses cleansed (including bedding, clothing, etc.) | 1,747 |
| Verminous rooms in such houses, cleansed | 4,767 |
| Dirty bedding, cleansed | 80 |
| Dirty bedding, destroted | 6 |
| Other sanitary works executed | 4,076 |