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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 1964

[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 complaint2,372
Houses inspected after infectious disease1,381
Re-inspections4,432
Smoke observations18
Other inspections2,235
Housing Acts, 1957/1964
Initial inspection of dwelling houses806
Re-inspections5,390
Initial inspections for overcrowding265
Re-inspections1,360
Underground Living Rooms
Initial inspections485
Re—inspections1,759
Drainage
Applications381
Plans submitted381
House drains inspected5,719
House drains tested891
Factories Act, 1961
Premises inspected118
Outworkers' premises inspected114
Clean Air Act. 1956
Total inspections3,830

Table: The following table shows the number of notices issued in respect of nuisances, defects., etc., found during the years:-

The following table shows the number of notices issued in respect of nuisances, defects., etc., found during the years:-

Public Health (London) Act. 1936
Intimation notices830
Statutory notices348
Pinal notices110
Various
Factories Act5
Report of waste water to the Metropolitan Water Board20
Report of dangerous structures to the London County Council65
Other notices (including notice of entry)265