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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: The following is a summary of works completed under the supervision of the sanitary inspectors during the year :-

The following is a summary of works completed under the supervision of the sanitary inspectors during the year :-

House drains, reconstructed35
House drains, additions to61
Defective drains, repaired203
House drains, cleansed248
Water closets, reconstructed35
Water closets, repaired204
Water closets, new provided206
Water closets, supplied with water137
Soil pipes ventilated, repaired etc.57
Soil pipes, new provided90
Ventilating pipes, new provided135
Baths, new provided124
Sinks, new provided98
Lavatory basins, new provided329
Waste pipes, new provided476
Cisterns, cleansed18
Cisterns, covered21
Taps fixed on rising main1
Yards and areas paved, drained, etc.21
Dustbins provided221
Accumulations of filth, etc., removed133
Animals removed9
Roofs repaired1,117
Houses provided with water above basement level22
Dampness in dwellings remedied1,127
Infectious disease cases removed475
Houses disinfected after infectious disease (including bedding, etc)450
Rooms in such houses, disinfected after infectious disease619
Houses cleansed under Houses let in Lodgings Byelaws1,083
Cleansing of houses not on register366
Verminous houses cleansed (including bedding, clothing, etc.)1,401
Verminous rooms in such houses, cleansed3,718
Dirty beddings cleansed108
Dirty bedding, destroyed15
Other sanitary works executed5,106

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HOUSING
Inspection of dwelling houses during the year
(i) (a) Dwelling houses inspected for housing
defects (under Public Health or Housing
Acts) 13,140
(b) Inspections made for the purpose 37,520
(ii) (a) Dwelling houses (including those under
sub-head (1) above) which were inspected
and recorded under the Housing Consolidated
Regulations, 1925 741
(b) Inspections made for the purpose 2,890
(iii) Dwelling houses found to be in a state so
dangerous or injurious to health as to be
unfit for human habitation 60
(iv) Dwelling houses (excluding those referred to
under the preceding sub-head) found not to be
in all respects reasonably fit for human
habitation 3,403