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Kensington 1890

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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THE WORK OF THE SANITARY INSPECTORS.
Tables VI. and VIa. (Appendix) contain a summary of the
work of the Sanitary Inspectors during the year ending March
25th, 1891. One hundred and fifty-nine summonses were taken
out (viz., under the Nuisances Removal Acts, 106 ; the Metropolis
Local Management Act, 3; the Lodging-bouse Regulations, 22: for
non-removal of manure, under the 53rd section of the Sanitary
Act, 1866, 15; for the keeping of swine, 1; and for disobedience
of Magistrates' Orders, 12). The number of summonses in the
previous year was 148. Orders were made in the 106 cases
under the Nuisances Removal Acts, inter alia, for the execution
of works as follows:—
To repair, cleanse, and white-wash walls of rooms, &c. 40
To provide a supply of water to water-closets 62
To disconnect waste-pipes of cisterns, sinks, &c., and
rain-waterpipes from drains 29
To repair, cleanse, and unstop drains 12
To ventilate drains or soil-pipes 18
To repair soil-pipe, ventilating pipe, &c. 9
To abolish bell traps 21
To cleanse and repair water-closets 18
To repair roofs, &c., of houses 8
To cleanse, repair, and provide covers to cisterns 15
To provide new or repair existing dust-bins 21
To pave or repair paving of yards, areas, &c. 19
To abate overcrowding of rooms 2
To improve ventilation of rooms 2
Of the three summonses under the Metropolis Local Management
Act, two were withdrawn, the work having been commenced
after the service of the summonses, and before the day appointed for
the hearing. In the other case (water-closets without water supply)
the defendant was fined £3 and costs.
Twenty-two summonses were issued for breaches of the
Lodging-house Regulations, with the result that fines to the
amount of £23 18s. 3d. were inflicted, as follows:—