Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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Slaughter Houses, The Licensed 135
,, ,, Report on, by the Sanitary Committee 136
,, ,, Reduction in the number of 136
Cow-Houses, The Licensed 137
,, Report on, by the Sanitary Committee 137
,, Reduction in the number of 138
Dairies Order of 1885 138
Bakehouses 138
Refuse Matters, Nuisance arising in Removal of 139
House Refuse: The Work of Collection and Removal of 139
,, ,, Daily Collection of, from Moveable Receptacles: A
Desideratum 140
,, ,, Metropolitan Board (The late), requested (but
declined) to promote Legislation to abolish Dust-bins 140
,, ,, "Shoots" for, Difficulty of finding 141
Trade Refuse: The Law on the subject of the Removal of 141
Stable Refuse: 142
,, ,, Nuisance from Non-removal of, largely dependent on
the use of Improper Receptacles 143
,, Sunken Dung-pits, Use of for, condemned 144
,, ,, Removal of, dealt with in the Public Health Act, 1891 145
,, Sanitary Committee recommend the Vestry to undertake
the collection and removal of 146
,, ,, Wharves and Plant Committee deem proposal of
Sanitary Committee for removal of, by the Vestry, to be
"impracticable," on the score of expense: Vestry
concur 146
Housing of the Working Classes 147
,, The Boundary Street (Bethnal Green) Scheme 147
,, The James Street (Kensington) .Scheme 147
,, Action of the County Council with reference to 148
,, Overcrowding: M igration as a remedy for 149
,, „ Emigration „ „ 151
,, " A West End Avernus": Article in the Daily News.152
,, ,, Letter from the Chairman of the Sanitary
Committee 154
,, ,, Resolutions of a "Conference" with reference
to 155
,, ,, Medical Officer of Health,Views of, thereon 156
,, ,, Sanitary Committee, Action of, with reference
to 159
,, ,, Report thereon160
,, ,, Sanitary Inspector appointed to the district
referred to 163