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City of Westminster 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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Table: Table I.Inspection of premises :—

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Inspection of premises :—

Dwelling-houses—
Primary Inspections—
(a) On complaint	1,164	Directly approached from rooms	29
lb) Infectious disease	1,081	Directly approached from rooms	29
(cj Housing Regulations, 1925	853	Accommodation insufficient	32
(cj Housing Regulations, 1925	853	Water Supply—
(d) Housing applications	514	Cisterns dirty and uncovered	131
(e) Other reasons	1,955*	Absence of—in upper floors of tenement houses	21
		Absence of—in upper floors of tenement houses	21
Total	5,567	Dustbins—
		Absence of	86
Re-inspections	12,583	Insufficient	62
Other Premises—-		Defective	212
Primary inspections—		Animals kept so as to be a nuisance	9
(a) On complaint	524	Animals kept so as to be a nuisance	9
(6) Other reasons	1,574	Other nuisances	782
		Dangerous structures noted	31
Total	2,098	Sanitary works supervised :—-
Re-inspections	5,908
Sanitary Works—
Total Inspections—		Drains (including soil, waste, rainwater pipes, etc.)—
(a) Under notice	1,734	Drains (including soil, waste, rainwater pipes, etc.)—
(6) Voluntary works	14,357	Constructed	5,502
		Altered, repaired, etc	1,467
Nuisances, etc.:—		Intercepting traps fixed	243
Nuisances, etc.:—		Petrol interceptors provided	35
Defective or dirty conditions of internal structure	3,254	Tested by smoke	513
Defective or dirty conditions of internal structure	3,254	„ chemical	924
Verminous conditions	237	„ water	2,031
Damp conditions	1,023	,, air	853
Defective drainage, water-closets, etc.	616	W ater-closets—
Defective drainage, water-closets, etc.	616	Constructed	2,419
„ roofs	292	Repaired and reconditioned .	344
,, paving of areas, etc.	472	Urinals-
Water-closets—		Constructed	321
Insufficiently ventilated or lighted	51	Repaired and reconditioned	57

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* This figure includes 801 visits of enquiry in respect of smallpox contacts.
Restriction of Rent Acts.—Two applications were received for
certificates under these Acts, but in neither case was the application
acceded to.
Nuisances.—Intimation notices were served in 1,239 instances, the
number of premises concerned being 1,197. Statutory notices served
by the sanitary authority numbered 72 and related to 70 premises. Police
court proceedings were taken in 5 instances in order to enforce compliance
with the requirements of statutory notices, which related to dirty and
defective conditions in dwelling-houses, including in one instance,
failure to provide water supply to an upper floor. In 3 cases the
summonses were withdrawn; £2 2s. costs being awarded in each of two
cases; in the third, the magistrate refused to make any order as to

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