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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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Overcrowding
A special Sub-Committee of the Public Health Committee
consider all cases of overcrowding with a view to deciding
what action should be taken.
Despite the shortage of housing accommodation, a considerable measure of success has been achieved as will be seen from the following table:-
| 1. New cases reported to the Sub-Committee during 1948 | 164 |
| (a) Cases in which the Sub-Committee recommended that alternative accommodation should be offered by the Council | 79 |
| (b) Cases in which proceedings were ordered to be taken without prior offer of alternative accommodation | 10 |
| (o) Cases where action was postponed | 57 |
| (d) Cases withdrawn or where no action was taken | 18 |
| 2. Cases in which overcrowding was abated during the year | 85 |
FACTORIES
The provision of 8ection 128 of the Factories Act, 1937, requiring
the. Medical Officer of Health to make an annual report
in regard to the Council's functions under the Act, was
suspended during the war, but has now been reinstated.
The following tables contain a summary of the inspections
made and the defects found and remedied within the borough
during 1948:-
Inspections
| Premises | Number on Register | Number of Inspections | Number of Written Notices. |
| Factories with mechanical power | 380 | 163 | 9 |
| Factories without mechanical power | 419 | 298 | 20 |
| Other premises under the Act. (Including works of building and engineering construction but not including out-workers' premises. ) | - | - | - |
| TOTALS | 799 | 461 | 29 |