[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington] page 36

Kensington 1868

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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REPORT

OF PROCEEDINGS UNDER

THE NUISANCES REMOVAL ACT,

From 25th March,1868,to25th March,1869.

	DISTRICTS
	North.	Central.	South.	Total
Number of Houses inspected	1421	974	1010	3371
Complaints made	519	411	396	1326
Notices prepared and served	582	421	392	1395
Summonses heard at Police Court	57	31	26	114
Magistrates' Orders made	31	19	17	63
Works done under Summons without order	26	12	9	47
Rooms cleansed and whitewashed	517	429	509	1455
Passages and staircases ditto	193	104	226	523
Drains—New pipes to houses	425	380	540	1345
„ Repaired	105	64	87	256
„ Cleansed	54	41	53	143
„ Trapped	64	35	50	149
„ New bell Gratings	104	49	52	205
„ Entered with Sewer	30	26	38	94
Sinks—Trapped	45	38	28	111
Cesspools—Emptied	7	5	15	27
„ Abolished	4	2	11	17
Privies—New panned	34	18	32	84
„ Trapped	29	21	31	81
„ Cleansed and Repaired	71	42	59	172
„ Dilapidated ones abolished	5	3	9	17
„ New erected	11	5	8	24
„ Supplied with water	135	92	117	344
Houses supplied with water	17	11	15	43
New covers to Cisterns and Butts	35	24	31	90
New Receptacles for water provided	29	13	23	65
Ventilation of houses improved	16	10	21	47
Yards re-paved and repaired	21	17	24	52
Stables and outhouses cleansed and whitewashed	32	27	31	90
Cows removed	0	8	5	13
Cow sheds abolished	0	1	1	2
Pigs removed	28	31	24	S3
Styes abolished	11	7	8	26
New Dustbins erected	20	17	18	55
New Dangpits erected	31	21	25	77
Offensive accumulations of dung removed	73	51	64	188