[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough].
- Kensington (London, England). Royal Borough.
- Date:
- [1931]
Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![23 PUBLIC CONVENIENCES. The Council provide fourteen public lavatories containing water closets; three are for men only, two for women, two for boys and two for girls, and in five, accommodation is provided for both sexes. Part of this accommodation is provided in Avondale Park and the Barlby Road Recreation Ground. In addition, there are eleven urinals for men under the charge of the Council. Free accommodation is provided in the men's and women's lavatories for those who are unable to pay. At eleven railway stations in the borough there are also conveniences for men and women, and at 75 public houses there are urinals entered from the street and available to the public. The public conveniences for men in the borough have been regularly inspected throughout the year by the male sanitary inspectors, and those for women in the railway stations and elsewhere have been kept under observation by the women health officers. SANITARY INSPECTION. The following table shows a summary of the inspections, etc., carried out by the male sanitary inspectors during the year:— DESCRIPTION OF INSPECTIONS. &c. NUMBER OF DISTRICT Grand Total ] 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Complaints Received 326 284 146 313 203 254 199 229 235 215 2,404 Public Health (London) Act, 1891. — Complaints received 174 84 123 170 160 191 168 223 213 206 1,692 Houses inspected on complaint 174 100 143 177 160 302 200 225 215 207 1,903 „ after Infectious Disease 169 156 94 122 136 67 59 105 50 45 1,003 Re-inspections 1061 179 1306 1193 1629 1199 1182 715 857 1181 10,502 By-Laws re Houses Let in Lodgings Complaints received 152 200 23 143 43 63 31 6 22 9 692 Houses Inspected on Complaint- 152 200 22 148 29 62 29 5 21 7 675 First Annual Inspection (Fur nished Houses) — — 4 10 1 — — — — — 15 Re-inspections „ ,, — — — 6 — — — — — — 6 First Annual Inspection (Unfur- nished Houses 66 279 118 237 409 105 209 86 279 42 1,830 Re-inspections „ „ 498 1706 1281 825 1020 843 466 54 302 162 7,157 Housing Act, 1925- Initial Inspections (including preparation or revision of House to House Card) 31 62 64 118 82 8 224 115 270 96 ] ,070 Re-inspections 6 294 6 473 323 377 218 8 8 34 1,747 Underground Living Rooms. Primary Inspections 8 5 7 — 9 6 8 2 8 13 66 Re-inspections 17 58 13 — 2 42 2 — 5 56 195 Drainage. House Drains Tested and In spected 30 82 139 38 113 64 56 75 120 229 946 Voluntary Drainage Work Applications made 37 5 10 24 24 6 44 97 60 143 450 Plans submitted 6 0 4 10 15 17 35 21 20 40 168 Inspections of Workshops - 20 25 69 42 54 10 38 130 36 68 492 „ Factories 37 18 26 20 22 3 15 19 — 6 166 „ Bakehouses 51 33 44 14 20 6 7 37 23 2 237 „ Ice Cream Pre mises 41 2 26 2 16 5 — 14 — 6 112 „ other Food Pre mises 75 25 93 47 272 197 26 117 61 104 1,017 „ Mews 179 178 490 65 57 200 81 303 292 129 1,974 Smoke Observations 37 5 10 6 3 — — 75 — 21 157 Other Inspections 960 580 624 805 658 468 318 1141 338 425 6,317 Canal Boats Inspections — 16 — — — — — — — — 16 „ „ Re-inspections — 56 — — — — — — — — 56](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/B18235773_0023.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
