Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 | |
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Houses inspected on complaint | 2,372 |
Houses inspected after infectious disease | 1,381 |
Re-inspections | 4,432 |
Smoke observations | 18 |
Other inspections | 2,235 |
Housing Acts, 1957/1964 | |
Initial inspection of dwelling houses | 806 |
Re-inspections | 5,390 |
Initial inspections for overcrowding | 265 |
Re-inspections | 1,360 |
Underground Living Rooms | |
Initial inspections | |
Re—inspections | 1,759 |
Drainage | |
Applications | 381 |
Plans submitted | 381 |
House drains inspected | 5,719 |
House drains tested | 891 |
Factories Act, 1961 | |
Premises inspected | 118 |
Outworkers' premises inspected | 114 |
Clean Air Act. 1956 | |
Total inspections | 3,830 |
The following table shows the number of notices issued in respect of nuisances, defects., etc., found during the years:-
Public Health (London) Act. 1936 | |
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Intimation notices | 830 |
Statutory notices | 348 |
Pinal notices | 110 |
Various | |
Factories Act | 5 |
Report of waste water to the Metropolitan Water Board | 20 |
Report of dangerous structures to the London County Council | 65 |
Other notices (including notice of entry) | 265 |