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Paddington 1910

[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 premises183...69114200......
Cowsheds1......14......
Slaughter-houses7......7464......
Other offensive trade premises.....................
Ice cream premises120...411665......
Registered houses let in lodgings1,32020141,3267,104(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.