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 Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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proceedings during 1910.
TABLE VIII
PROCEEDINFS DURING 1910.
Premises. | Number of Places— | Number of Inspections, 1910. | Number of Notices, 1910. | Number of Prosecutions, 1910. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
On Register at end of 1909. | Added in 1910. | Removed in 1910. | On Register at end of 1910. | ||||
Milk premises | 183 | ... | 69 | 114 | 200 | ... | ... |
Cowsheds | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | ... |
Slaughter-houses | 7 | ... | ... | 7 | 464 | ... | ... |
Other offensive trade premises | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Ice cream premises | 120 | ... | 4 | 116 | 65 | ... | ... |
Registered houses let in lodgings | 1,320 | 20 | 14 | 1,326 | 7,104 | (a) 102 | (a) 1 |
(b) 3,822 | (b) 10 |
(a) For overcrowding. (b) For other conditions (including annual cleansing).
Total number of intimation notices served for all purposes 564
Overcrowding, 1910—
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 313
Number remedied 257*
Number of prosecutions
Underground, rooms—
Illegal occupation dealt with during year 8
Number of rooms closed 9
Insanitary houses—
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 —
Number closed under the Housing of the Working Classes Act —
Number of premises cleansed under Sec. 20 of the L.C.C. (General Powers) Act,
1904 189
Shelters provided under Sec. 60 (4) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 —
Number of persons accommodated during the year —
Revenue Acts-
Number of houses for which applications were received during year 5
Number of tenements comprised therein 83
(a) granted 83
Number of tenements for which certificates were - (b) refused —
(c) deferred —
Number of prosecutions under By-laws under Public Health Act, 1891—
(a) For prevention of nuisance arising from snow, ice, salt, filth, etc. —
(b) For prevention of nuisance arising from offensive matter running out of any
manufactory, etc. —
(c) For the prevention of keeping of animals in such a manner as to be injurious
to health. —
(d) As to paving of yards, etc., of dwelling houses 1
(e) In connection with the removal of offensive matter, etc. 1
(f) As to cesspools and privies, removal and disposal of refuse, etc. —
(g) For securing the cleanliness of tanks, cisterns, etc.
(k) With respect to water closets, earth closets, etc. 6
(i) With respect to sufficiency of water supply to water closets 1
(j) With respect to drainage, etc. (Metropolis Management Act, Sec. 202) —
(k) With respect to deposit of plans as to drainage, etc. (Metropolis Management
Acts Amendment (By-laws) Act, 1899) 1
Mortuaries—
Total number of bodies removed 276
Total number of infectious bodies removed 3
* In 50 cases no action was taken, the deficiency of air space being very small.