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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 1891

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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Table: TABLE VI.Sanitary Inspectors' Report of the Sanitary Work completed in the year 1891-92.

TABLE VI.

Sanitary Inspectors' Report of the Sanitary Work completed in the year 1891-92.

Sanitary Districts.*No. of Complaints made by Inhabitants.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.
Notices i?sued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises.Houses, Premises, &c , Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, &c.Houses Disinfected after illness of an Infectious character.Repaired, Cleansed, &c.Ventilated, Trapped, &c.Repaired, &'c.Supplied with Water.New Provided.New Provided.Repaired, Covered, &c.Cisterns 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."†Removal of Accumulations 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.127134827747254986256216513201135381003319.........364644
N.E.153107118523489563591218217711610173676...111452541
Central76145414223521778916998111174355877245280...51231718
South24327822793724606751121484339973588145159...246442219
Totals599665588412149927313596583287107064102183149266334...3018148920122

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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 total number of houses on the Register in March, 1892, in round figures, was 1,800.
‡ These matters are now dealt with by the Street Inspectors for the most part.