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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 1883
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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TABLE VI.
Inspectors' Report of the Sanitary Work completed in the year 1888-4.
| Sanitary Districts.1 | No. of Complaints received dnring the year. | No. of Houses, Premises, &c. inspected. | No. of Re-inspections of Houses, Premises, &c. | Results of Inspection. | House Drains. | Water-Closets. | Dust Bins. | Water Supply. | Miscellaneous. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orders issued for Sanitaiy Amendments of Houses and Premises. | Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, & c | Houses Disinfected after illness of an Infectious Character. | Repaired, Cleansed, Trapped, See. | Ventilated. | Repaired, See. | Supplied with Water. | New provided. | New provided. | Repaired, Covered, &c. | Cisterns (new) erected. | Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered. | Waste-pipes connected wilh Drains,& c . abolished. | No. of Lodging Houses registered under 35th Section of the " Sanitary Act, 1866." if | Dust Removal—No. of Communications received and attended to. | Removal of Accumulatious of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse. | Animals Removed, being improperly kept. | Regularly Inspected. | Legal Proceedings : i.e., Summonses | ||||||
| Bakehouses | Licensed Cowsheds. | Licensed Slaughter-houses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| N.W. | 47 | 1279 | 1079 | 502 | 149 | 42 | 104 | 25 | 49 | 100 | 6 | 41 | 2 | 13 | 61 | 32 | .. | 393 | 120 | 39 | 37 | 8 | 11 | 62 |
| N.E. | 70 | 1345 | 1269 | 416 | 183 | 73 | 184 | 9 | 234 | 169 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 9 | 62 | 19 | .. | 531 | 90 | 2 | 46 | 1 | 5 | 20 |
| Centrl. | 60 | 1299 | 1774 | 354 | 266 | 44 | 53 | 191 | 22 | 62 | 3 | 47 | 75 | 8 | 47 | 96 | .. | 406 | 21 | 15 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| South | 112 | 2024 | 1668 | 154 | 630 | 40 | 133 | 111 | 100 | 79 | 3 | 4 | 87 | 4 | 151 | 61 | .. | 508 | 114 | 1 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 25 |
| Totals | 289 | 5247 | 5790 | 1726 | 1228 | 199 | 474 | 336 | 405 | 410 | 20 | 102 | 194 | 34 | 321 | 208 | .. | 1838 | 345 | 1 " | 146 | 15 | 25 | 110 |
* The north-east and North-west Districts are north of the centre of Uxbridge Road; to the East and West of Ladbroke Grove, and Ladbroke Grove Road respectively :
the Central and South Districts are south of Uxbridge Road.
+his Act has not yet been put into operation.
§ The actual complaints of neglect made by letter were 58.
† Inclusive of proceedings, in 9 cases, under the Food and Drugs Adulteration Act, the Inspector for the North-west District being the Inspector under the Act, and in
22 cases of " obstructions, &c.," on and over the public ways.