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' Report of the Sanitary Work completed in the year ended March 25th, 1875.
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. | New 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 accumulations 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. | 820 | 3229 | 813 | 567 | 40 | 207 | 76 | 163 | 69 | 4 | 20 | 25 | 5 | 38 | ... | 2560 | 64 | 46 | 60 | 18 | 32 | 82 |
South. | 662 | 4057 | 664 | 496 | 28 | 235 | 59 | 178 | 53 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 37 | ... | 3331 | 51 | 12 | 48 | 18 | 22 | 18 |
Total. | 1482 | 7286 | 1477 | 1063 | 68 | 442 | 135 | 341 | 122 | 6 | 31 | 44 | 8 | 75 | ... | 5891 | 115 | 58 | 108 | 36 | 54 | 100 |
* The Act has not been put into operation.