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 & Chelsea Borough]
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Work of the Public Health Inspectors
and their Assistants
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 | |
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Complaints | 2,866 |
Infectious disease | 735 |
Smoke observations | 127 |
Other inspections | 3,320 |
Re-inspections | 6,647 |
Housing Acts, 1957 to 1964 | |
Houses in multiple occupation (house-to-house) | 238 |
Slum clearance (house-to-house) | 155 |
Underground living rooms | 426 |
Overcrowding | 373 |
Other inspections (loans, grants, etc.) | 544 |
Re-inspections | 7,557 |
Clean Air Act, 1956 | |
Total inspections | 2,749 |
Factories Act, 1961 | |
Premises inspected | 181 |
Outworkers' premises inspected | 156 |
Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, I963 | |
Total inspections | 2,225 |
Drainage | |
Applications | 415 |
Plans submitted | 415 |
House drains inspected | 7,676 |
House drains tested | 1,017 |
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 notices | 894 |
Statutory notices | 306 |
Final notices | 121 |
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, 1961 | 1 |
Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, 1963 | 93 |
Other notices | 144 |