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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kensington 1879
[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, 1880.
| * Sanitary districts. | No. of Complaints received during the year. | No. of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected (irrespective of re-inspections) | 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, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, &c. | Houses Disinfected after illness of an infectious character. | Repaired, Cleansed, Trapped, &c. | Ventilated. | Repaired, Covered, &c. | Supplied with Water. | New provided. | New provided. | Repaired, Covered, &c. | Cisterns (new) erected. | Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired and Covered. | Waste-Pipes connected with Drains, &c., abolished. | † No. of Lodging Houses registered under 35th Section of "The Sanitary Act, 1866." | § Dust Removal.—No. of Communications received and attended to. | Removal of accumulations of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse. | Animals Removed being improperly kept. | Regularly Inspected. | ‡ Other Proceedings, e.g. Legal Proceedings. | |||||
| Bakehouses. | Licensed Cowsheds. | Licensed Slaughter-houses. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| N.E. | 68 | 810 | 393 | 124 | 33 | 95 | 4 | 16 | 101 | 1 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 49 | 23 | ... | 538 | 77 | 3 | 43 | 10 | 11 | 33 |
| N.W. | 72 | 817 | 419 | 213 | 30 | 135 | 2 | 23 | 144 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 94 | 5 | ... | 623 | 43 | 22 | 36 | 5 | 9 | 52 |
| Centrl. | 59 | 710 | 321 | 186 | 69 | 66 | 3 | 19 | 76 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 40 | 38 | ... | 556 | 36 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 7 | 27 |
| South | 84 | 845 | 472 | 289 | 104 | 79 | 10 | 27 | 88 | 3 | 58 | 146 | 54 | 43 | 9 | ... | 662 | 45 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 25 |
| Totals | 283 | 3182 | 1605 | 812 | 236 | 375 | 19 | 85 | 409 | 7 | 105 | 181 | 79 | 226 | 75 | ... | 2379 | 201 | 36 | 128 | 23 | 29 | 137 |
* The North-East and South West Districts are north of the centre of Uxbridge Road : the South and Central Districts are south of that line.
† This Act has not been put into operation.
§ The actual complaints of neglect, or non-removal, made by letter, were 13.
‡ Irrespective of proceedings (in 16 cases) under the Food and Drugs Adulteration Act : the Inspector for the North-West District being the Inspector under the Act.
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