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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 1886

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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Table: TABLE VI.Inspectors' Report of the Sanitary Work completed in the year 1886-7.

TABLE VI.

Inspectors' Report of the Sanitary Work completed in the year 1886-7.

Sanitary Districts.1No. of Complaints received during the year.No. of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected.No. of Re-inspections of Houses, Premises, &c.Results of Inspection.House Drains.Water-Close ts.Dust Bins.Water Supply.Miscellaneous.
Notices issued for Sanitary Amendments of j Houses and Premises.Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, &e.Houses Disinfected after illness of an Infectious Character.Repaired, Cleansed, Trapped, &c.Ventilated.Repaired, &c.I 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. fRemoval of Accumulations of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse.Animals Removed, being improperly kept.Regularly Inspected.Legal Proceedings: i.e., Summonses. ‡
Bakehouses.i Licensed Cowsheds.Licensed Slaughter-houses.
N.W.301195117933717428776053653243715979198421653386894
N.E.5711541403442254292311426616337217461621246640452536
Centrl.451294231630019722166832118717172412610164353202222716
South134214917223423374810647368034261691442426971787433223
Totals266579266201421962127580204376495265210850240798161937303121481322169

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* The North-East and North-West Districts lie north of the centre of Uxbridge Road, to the East and West of Ladbroke Grove and Ladbroke Grove Road respectively
(North Kensington): the Central and South Districts are south of Uxbridge Road (South Kensington),
†The actual complaints of neglect made by letter were 11.
‡ Inclusive of proceedings, in 44 cases, under the Food and Drugs Adulteration Act, all the Inspectors being Inspectors under the Act; in 24 cases of "obstructions,"
on and over the public ways ; and in two cases of disobedience of the Justices' Orders.
§ The total number of Houses on the Register is, in round figures, 1,500.