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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 1949

[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 year:-

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

Total complaints received6,589
Public Health (London) Act, 1936
Houses inspected on complaint6,589
Houses inspected after infectious disease1 ,682
Re-inspections17,419
Smoke observations12
Inspections of mews334
Other inspections1,860
Housing Act, 1936 Initial inspections (including preparation or revision of house-to-house cards)741
Re-inspections2,149
Inspections in regard to overcrowding2,266
Underground Living Rooms
Primary inspections862
Re-inspections2,158
Drainage
Applications223
Plans submitted117
House drains tested and inspected3,651

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 notices3,309
Statutory notices1,872
Final notices876
Various
Rent Restrictions Act certificates46
Report of waste water to the Metropolitan Water Board88
Report of dangerous structures to the London County Council119
Other notices50