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Paddington 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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housing.
(4,563 in 1909), containing 7,363 rooms (7,536 in 1909) occupied by 14,789 persons (J5,195 in
1909). There was a slight increase in the average number of occupants to a tenement (from
3*33 in 1909 to 3*38 last year), but a reduction in the average per room (from 2.01 to 2.00).
TABLE 45.
Sanitary Defects Remedied in Registered Houses.
| 1909. | 1910. | |
|---|---|---|
| Drain defective | 10 | 9 |
| „ choked | 7 | 16 |
| „ untrapped | — | 26 |
| „ unventilated or improperly ventilated | 9 | 3 |
| Manhole cover defective | 4 | 5 |
| Surface inlet improperly trapped | 2 | 1 |
| Gully choked | 13 | 8 |
| Ventilating pipe improperly constructed | — | — |
| Soilpipe defective | — | 1 |
| „ improperly constructed | — | — |
| „ unventilated or improperly ventilated | — | — |
| Water-closet choked | 56 | 42 |
| „ defective | 72 | 95 |
| ,, flushed from drinking water cistern | _ | 1 |
| „ insufficiently flushed | 37 | 35 |
| ,, flushing apparatus defective | 71 | 42 |
| „ without water supply | 21 | 16 |
| „ foul | 41 | 16 |
| ,, improperly constructed | — | 1 |
| „ accommodation insufficient | 44 | 33 |
| „ without door | 19 | 6 |
| „ without external light or ventilation | — | 1 |
| Rain-water pipe not disconnected from drain or soilpipe | 1 | 2 |
| „ defective | 45 | 35 |
| „ choked | 15 | 5 |
| Waste pipe not disconnected | — | — |
| „ defective | 2 | 14 |
| „ choked | 1 | 3 |
| „ not provided | 3 | 6 |
| Other drainage defects | 2 | 5 |
| Cistern defective | 7 | 3 |
| „ dirty ... | 58 | 58 |
| „ improperly placed | — | 1 |
| ,, without proper cover | 4 | 14 |
| ,, cover defective | 13 | 10 |
| Dustbin defective | 72 | 59 |
| „ not provided | 8 | 3 |
| „ insufficient | 1 | 1 |
| „ disused and not abolished | 5 | 6 |
| Paving defective in area or yard | 79 | 82 |
| „ „ washhouse | 51 | 55 |
| Guttering defective | 27 | 17 |
| Premises damp | 16 | 24 |
| „ dirty | 13 | 6 |
| Rooms verminous | 213 | 284 |
| Roof defective | 179 | 144 |
| Accumulation of refuse | 16 | 33 |
| Animals improperly kept | 4 | 6 |
| Water supply to premises insufficient | 78 | 4 |
| Other defects or nuisances | 35 | 17 |
The averages for tenements of different sizes are given below, the corresponding averages
for the whole Borough (Census 1901), being shown by the figures in parentheses. In homes
of one and two rooms the averages recorded last year showed no changes from the figures of
the previous year, but in the others there were small increases in the numbers per tenement,
the changes per room being too small to affect averages carried to one place of decimals only.