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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 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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Table: TABLE VI.Summary of the Work of the Sanitary Inspectors during the year 1892—93.

TABLE VI.

Summary of the Work of the Sanitary Inspectors during the year 1892—93.

Sanitary Districts.1No. 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 Receptacles.Water Supply.Miscellaneous.
Notices issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises.Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, &c.Houses Disinfected after illness of an Infectious character.Constructed, Repaired, Cleansed, &c.Ventilated, Trapped, &c.Constructed, Repaired, &c.Supplied with Water.Soil-pipes Ventilated.New provided.Repaired, Covered, &c.Cisterns erected.Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, Covered, etc.Waste-pipes connected with Drains, &c., abolished.No. of Lodging Houses Registered under 94th Section of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.††Removal of Accumulations of Dung ment Water, Animal and other Refuse.Animals removed, being improperly keRegularly Inspected.Legal Proceedings, i.e.,, Summonses.
Bakehouses.Licensed Cowsheds.Licensed Slaughter-Houses.
North.152417239440090112120701021096461127317......122..2...
N.E.16676545218137202223862911792121956811451194124......56282412
N.W.329162742658512791411853041843174581604715828.........28346
Central8410791002299176412881411361441385012076112962......23174
S.E.141250730399905711322561774035715681238110144.........2915
S.W.44732273247628048471177211051187357212......218219
91671277953382921166961282110054713636782086012666264012...6114881936

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* For a description of the Sanitary Districts, see page 133.
† The total number of houses on the Register in March, 1893, in round figures, was 1800.
‡ These matters are now dealt with by the Street Inspectors.