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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 and Chelsea 1966

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

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Work of the Public Health Inspectors
and their Assistants

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

Inspections.

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

Public Health Acts, 1936 and 1961
Complaints2,866
Infectious disease735
Smoke observations127
Other inspections3,320
Re-inspections6,647
Housing Acts, 1957 to 1964
Houses in multiple occupation (house-to-house)238
Slum clearance (house-to-house)155
Underground living rooms426
Overcrowding373
Other inspections (loans, grants, etc.)544
Re-inspections7,557
Clean Air Act, 1956
Total inspections2,749
Factories Act, 1961
Premises inspected181
Outworkers' premises inspected156
Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, I963
Total inspections2,225
Drainage
Applications415
Plans submitted415
House drains inspected7,676
House drains tested1,017

Table: Notices Served0

Notices Served0

The following is a summary of the number of notices served in respect of nuisances, defects, etc., found during the year:-
Public Health Acts. 1936 and 1961
Intimation notices894
Statutory notices306
Final notices121
Housing Acts, 1957 to 1964
Section 9 (repair) Section 14 (deficiencies of management)174 29
Section 15 (additional amenities) Section 16 (means of escape from fire)180 172
Various
Factories Act, 19611
Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, 196393
Other notices144