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City of Westminster 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table LXIV.—Sanitary Inspection.
| Inspection of premises:— | Water-Closets— Directly approached from | ||
| Primary Inspections— | rooms | 39 | |
| (a) On complaint | 891 | Accommodation insufficient | 132 |
| (b) Infectious disease | 586 | Water Supply— | |
| (c) Housing Regulations, 1925 | 3,380 | Insufficient or unsatisfactory | 42 |
| Cisterns dirty and uncovered | 118 | ||
| (d) Housing applications | 104 | Absence of—in upper floors of tenement houses | 4 |
| (e) Other reasons | 3,005 | ||
| Total | 7,966 | Dustbins— | |
| Absence of | 72 | ||
| Re-inspections | 24,282 | Insufficient | 41 |
| Defective | 65 | ||
| Animals kept so as to be a nuisance | 17 | ||
| Primary inspections— | |||
| (a) On complaint | 372 | Other nuisances | 442 |
| (b) Other reasons | 5,430 | Dangerous structures noted | 13 |
| Overcrowding | †1.083 | ||
| Total | 5,802 | Sanitary works supervised:— | |
| Re-inspections | 7,786 | Drains (including soil, waste, rainwater nines, etc.)— | |
| Constructed | 4,810 | ||
| Total Inspections— | Altered, repaired, etc | 2,115 | |
| 1,759 | Intercepting traps fixed | 107 | |
| (b) Voluntary works | 12,087 | Petrol interceptors provided | 12 |
| Nuisances, etc.:— | Tested by smoke | 241 | |
| „ chemical | 316 | ||
| Defective or dirty conditions | „ water | 1,739 | |
| of internal structure | 1,462 | „ air | 648 |
| Verminous conditions | 329 | Water-closets— | |
| Damp conditions | 337 | Constructed | 2,437 |
| Inadequate under-floor ventilation | 38 | Repaired and reconditioned Urinals— | 505 |
| Defective drainage, water closets, etc. | 646 | Constructed | 399 |
| Repaired and reconditioned | 88 | ||
| „ roofs | 273 | Water Fittings fixed— | |
| „ paving of areas, etc. | 102 | Baths | 1,762 |
| Water-closets— | Bidets | 131 | |
| Insufficiently ventilated or lighted | 98 | Lavatory basins | 3,740 |
| Sinks, etc. | 1,507 | ||
† This figure represents the result of the survey under the Overcrowding Act, 1935.
Restriction of Rent Acts, 1920-33.—The registration of decontrolled
houses was carried out by this department in 1933 and the register remains
in the department where it may be inspected by any member of the public
as permitted by Section 2 of the Act of 1933. During the year some
two hundred persons inspected the register. Twenty-two applications
were received for the registration of decontrolled premises on certificates
granted by the County Court under Section 2 (4) of the Act of 1933.
The number of "dwelling-houses" included in those applications
totalled 101.
Certificates of registration or non-registration, which local authorities
are required to grant on payment of a fee of 1s., have been issued in