[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of] page 73

City of Westminster 1931

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

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construction in respect of requirements laid down in the By-laws under
the Metropolis Management Acts and the Public Health (London) Act,
1891, duties .connected with housing and infectious disease, and others
relating to the sanitary condition of the City.

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Table I.

Inspection of premises :—
Dwelling-houses—
Primary Inspections—		Water-Closets—
(a) On complaint	852	Directly approached from rooms	22
(6j Infectious disease	410	Directly approached from rooms	22
(c) Housing Regulations, 1925	1,032	Accommodation insufficient	24
(c) Housing Regulations, 1925	1,032	Water Supply-
(d) Housing applications	179	Cisterns dirty and uncovered	135
(e) Other reasons	2,134*	Absence of—in upper floors of tenement houses	19
Total	4,607	Absence of—in upper floors of tenement houses	19
		Dustbins—
		Absence of	104
Re-inspections	11,595	Absence of	104
Re-inspections	11,595	Insufficient	42
Other Premises—		Defective	90
Primary inspections—		Animals kept so as to be a nuisance	26
(a) On complaint	449	Animals kept so as to be a nuisance	26
(6) Other reasons	1,909	Other nuisances	285
Total	2,358	Dangerous structures noted	37
Re-inspections	5,004	Sanitary works supervised:—
Sanitary Works—		Sanitary works supervised:—
Total Inspections—		Drains (including soil, waste, rainwater pipes, etc.)—
(a) Under notice	1,468	Drains (including soil, waste, rainwater pipes, etc.)—
(6) Voluntary works	11,825	Constructed	3,341
Nuisances, etc.:—		Altered, repaired, etc	1,094
Nuisances, etc.:—		Intercepting traps fixed	167
Defective or dirty conditions		Petrol interceptors provided	18
Defective or dirty conditions		Tested by smoke	284
of internal structure	1,005	,, chemical	372
Verminous conditions	148	„ water	2,867
Damp conditions	290	,, air	611
Defective drainage, water-closets, etc.	359	Water-closets
Defective drainage, water-closets, etc.	359	Constructed	1,563
,, roofs	247	Repaired and reconditioned	524
„ paving of areas, etc.	113	Urinals—
Water-closets—		Constructed	249
Insufficiently ventilated or lighted	54	Repaired and reconditioned	68

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* This figure includes 129 visits of enquiry in respect of smallpox contacts.
Restriction of Rent Acts.— Nine applications were received for
certificates under these Acts, but in only three cases were the applications
granted.
Nuisances.— Intimation notices were served in 1,244 instances, the
number of premises concerned being 1,182. Statutory notices authorised
by the sanitary authority numbered 62 and related to 59 premises. Police
court proceedings as detailed below were taken in 5 instances in order to
enforce compliance with the requirements of statutory notices.
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