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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough.
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The following table shows the household domestic arrangements
in regard to ordinary domestic sanitary conveniences, showing the
numbers of households with or without these conveniences or sharing
them.
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NOTES:
Cold water tap. This refers to a tap within the building.
It does not include a tap in an open yard or a public
standpipe. If only the latter are available, the answer
'None' should be given.
Hot water tap. This means water piped to any form of
heating appliance which will allow hot water to be drawn
from a tap within the building, e.g. a boiler, tank with
immersion heater, geyser, or sink heater.
Fixed bath. This means a bath permanently installed
with a waste pipe leading outside the building. It
does not matter for this purpose whether there is water
piped to it or whether the room where it is installed
is used only as a bathroom or not.
Water Closet. This means any water closet emptying into
a main sewer, septic tank or cesspool. It does not
include a chemical closet or earth closet. It must be
within the building or attached to it.
VITAL STATISTICS
The table set out on pages 10 and 11 gives the important
vital statistics for 1962, together with comparative figures for
the previous seven years.