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Kensington 1887

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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Coroner's Coubt, provided by Vestry at Town Hall 221
„ „ Insufficient use of : Inquests still frequently held
at Public Houses 222
Post-Mortem Examinations at Private Houses, Objectionable 223
Disinfection 224
Houses Let in Lodgings, Regulations for; Proceedings under
Sanitary Act, 1866 224
„ ,, Vestry's Instructions for the guidance of
the Sanitary Inspectors 227
Housing of the Working Classes : Report of the Royal Commission 227
,, Public Health (Metropolis) Bill, 1885 228
,, Housing of the Working Classes (England) Act, 1885 228
Landlords, The Liabilities of: Important Legal Decision 228
Metropolitan Main Drainage 230
,, Metropolitan Board of Works decides to deal with sewage
at the Outfalls by Chemical Precipitation of the Solid
Matters, and, when necessary, by Deodorization of the
Effluent, followed by immediate discharge into the
River, contrary to the Recommendation of the Royal
Commission in favour of a System of Land Filtration
of the Effluent, prior to its discharge into the River 230
Meteopolitan Sewage : Deodorization of 231
„ „ „ Sir Henry Roscoe's Reports on the 231
„ „ „ Views of the Vestry on the 240
Water Supply, Abstract of Reports on, by Professor Frankland 241
„ „ „ „ The Water Examiner 246
,, „ Deterioration of, in Dirty Cisterns 252
„ ,, Waste-Pipes of Cisterns: Medical Officer to Local
Government Board recommends Abolition of 253
„ ,, Communications addressed by the Vestry to the
Local Government Board, to the Vestries and to
the Companies with reference to 253
Gas, Results of Examinations for ascertaining the Illuminating
Power and Purity of the 255
„ Proposed New Standard for ascertaining the Illuminating
Power of 257
,, Supply of, for Street Lighting 258
„ Excessive pressure complained of: the Remedy suggested 258
Conclusion 259