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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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SANITARY INSPECTION
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 complaint 2,679
Houses inspected after infectious disease 1,902
Re-inspections 7,410
Smoke observations 19
Other inspections 1,964
Housing Act, 1957
Initial inspection of dwelling houses 191
Re-inspections 417
Initial inspections for overcrowding 470
Re-inspections 640
Underground Living Rooms
Initial inspections 982
Re-inspections 3,080
Drainage
Applications 447
Plans submitted 378
House drains inspected 8,908
House drains tested 877
Factories Acts 1937-1959
Premises inspected 435
Outworkers' premises inspected 180
Clean Air Act, 1956
Total inspections 5,406
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 813
Statutory notices 270
Final notices 116
Various
Factories Acts 6
Report of waste water to the Metropolitan Water Board 21
Report of dangerous structures to the London County
Council 20
Other notices 59