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Paddington 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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appendix : prevention of infectious diseases.

TABLE XXII.

Prevention of Infectious Diseases.

Annual Averages.Totals.
1914-18.1919.1920-
All Diseases, Enquiries by—
District Inspectors3,7041,7971,721
Women Inspectors7,1726,3116,559
Tuberculosis—Included in above—
Women Inspectors4,1572,6702,186
Rooms Disinfected after—
Tuberculosis816239272
Other Diseases3,3002,4943,217
Weight of Bedding, etc., Disinfected (tons)5450½45½
Cost of above£1,156£1,588£1,850
School Notices issued—
Measles, Whooping Cough, Chickenpox3,8773,0963,213
Other Diseases7965591,160
Patients removed to Hospital—All Diseases6186591,122
Bacteriological Examination for—
Diphtheria5404791,419
Enteric Fever944
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis9
Tuberculosis215144173

Sanitary Work.

Cutting-off of Water Supplies—
Notices Received29114
Referring to Inhabited Premises15101
Empty1013
Other „3
Reasons for—Rates unpaid1033
Defective fittings881
Mortuary—
Bodies—Deposited321288224
For inquests258220160
Pending burial, after infectious disease222
Other Diseases616662
P.M. examinations made12511998
Trade Nuisances—
Offensive Smells9 (7)5 (5)8 (6)
Accumulations of Manure17 (11)26 (21)13 (12)
Smoke—Complaints received877
Premises watched161017
Hours of observation (total)10641¼84
Duration of smoke (hours), including67¾2658¾
„ black smoke
Canal Boats—(Year 1918)
On Register at end of year204211224
(Annual Averages 1914-18)
Known to be using Canal Basin78103111
Inspections made1355764
Infringements of Acts discovered152023
Notices served121315
Children found on boats1226186