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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 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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The following table shows the number of notices which have been issued in respect of nuisances, defects, etc., found in the various districts during the year :—
| NUMBER OF DISTRICT | Temporary Inspectors | Grand Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Intimations | 172 | 384 | 238 | 574 | 335 | 161 | 83 | 90 | 166 | 138 | 600 | 394 | 3,335 |
| Statutory Notices | 48 | 265 | 53 | 180 | 150 | 50 | 31 | 10 | 32 | 30 | – | – | 849 |
| Final | 9 | 72 | 4 | 31 | 40 | – | 1 | – | 4 | 2 | – | – | 163 |
| Summonses issued | – | 21 | – | 8 | 18 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 52 |
| Sect. 3 (Repairs) | – | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 21 |
| Sec. 127 (Entry) | – | 32 | 4 | 37 | 14 | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 94 |
| Underground Room Habitation | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | 8 | 9 | – | 4 | 25 |
| Removal of Manure | 7 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 9 | – | – | – | 29 | – | – | – | 71 |
| Smoke Nuisance Notices | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Rent Restrictions Act Certificates | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 7 |
| Special Notices included under Public Health (London) Act, 1891, relating to Factories | – | 6 | 1 | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 17 |
| ,, Workshops | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 17 | – | – | 69 |
| „ Bakehouses | 5 | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 3 | – | – | 21 |
| Other Notices | 4 | 5 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 12 | 74 | 75 | 175 |
| Report of Waste of Water to M. W. B. | 13 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | – | 15 | 37 | 5 | 24 | – | 125 |
| „ Dangerous Structures to L.C.C. | 13 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | 15 | 2 | – | 57 |