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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 1960

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

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SANITARY INSPECTION

Table: The following table shows a summary of the inspections, etc. carried, out by the public health inspectors and their assistants during the year:-

The following table shows a summary of the inspections, etc. carried, out by the public health inspectors and their assistants during the year:-

Public Health (London) Act, 1936
Houses inspected on complaint2,631
Houses inspected after infectious disease1,901
Re-inspections6,956
Smoke observations47
Other inspections1,679
Housing Act, 1957
Initial inspections of dwelling houses176
Re—inspections344
Initial inspections for overcrowding366
Re*"inspec t ions520
Underground Living Rooms
Initial inspections187
Re-inspections2,058
Drainage
Applications535
Plans submitted350
House drains inspected8,441
House drains tested874
Factories Acta 1937-1959
Premises inspected342
Outworkers" premises inspected262

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 notices964
Statutory notices394
Pinal notices144
Various
Factories Acts8
Report of waste water to the Metropolitan Water Board37
Report of dangerous structures to the London County Council26
Other notices14