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]
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Inspectors' Reports of the Sanitary Work completed in the year ended March 25th, 1874.
Sub-Districts. | No. of Complaints received during the year. | No. of Houses and Premises, &c., inspected. | Results of Inspection. | House Drains. | Privies and W. C.'s. | Dust Bins. | Water Supply. | Miscellaneous. | ||||||||||||||
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Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises. | Houses and Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired and Whitewashed. | Houses Disinfected after Infectious Diseases. | Repaired, Cleansed, &c. | Trapped or Ventilated. | Repaired, Cleansed, &c. | Supplied with Water. | Now provided. | New provided. | Repaired, Covered, &c. | Cisterns (new) erected. | Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired and Covered | No. of Lodging; Houses registered under 35th Clause of Sanitary Acts, 1866. | No. of Dust Complaints received and attended to. | Removal of accumulation of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse. | Removal of Animals improperly kept. | Regularly Inspected. | Other Proceedings, e. g. Legal Proceedings. | |||||
Bakehouses. | Licensed Cowhouses. | Licensed Slaughterhouses. | ||||||||||||||||||||
North. | 790 | 4137 | 773 | 507 | 15 | 211 | 79 | 143 | 49 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 32 | ... | 911 | 48 | 166 | 69 | 18 | 32 | 48 |
South. | 677 | .5270 | 663 | 390 | 12 | 256 | 56 | 174 | 63 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 17 | ... | 1286 | 31 | 24 | 48 | 18 | 22 | 13 |
Total. | 1467 | 9407 | 1436 | 897 | 27 | 467 | 135 | 317 | 112 | 6 | 43 | 24 | 5 | 49 | ... | 2187 | 79 | 180 | 108 | 36 | 54 | 61 |