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Paddington 1920

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

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appendix : sanitary defects remedied in tenement houses.

TABLE XXV.

Sanitary Defects Remedied in Tenement Houses.

19191920
Drain defective52
„ choked137
„ untrapped18
„ unventilated or improperly ventilated11
Manhole cover defective12a
Surface inlet improperly trapped
Gulley choked134
Ventilating pipe improperly constructed
Soilpipe defective3
„ improperly constructed
„ unventilated or improperly ventilated1
Water-closet choked6223
„ defective13040
„ insufficiently flushed305
„ flushing apparatus defective426
„ without water supply4212
„ foul368
„ improperly constructed-
„ accommodation insufficient22
„ without door8
„ without external light or ventilation
Rainwater pipe not disconnected from drain or soilpipe
„ „ defective356
„ „ choked61
Wastepipe defective157
„ choked192
„ not provided31
Other drainage defects77
Cistern defective4
„ dirty166
„ without proper cover51
„ cover defective71
Dustbin defective7120
„ not provided115
„ insufficient1
„ disused and not abolished
Paving defective in area or yard3614
„ „ wash-house246
Guttering defective288
Premises damp2010
Rooms dirty1465175
„ verminous13432
Roof defective17649
Accumulation of refuse121
Animals improperly kept212
Water supply to premises insufficient95
Other defects or nuisances285118
Overcrowding.
19191920
Tenements overcrowded83
Rooms overcrowded113
Occupants, total6515
Under 10205
10 and upwards4510
Overcrowding abated—
By re-arrangement4
By voluntary removal2
Under notice53
Cases held over
Notices Issued.
19191920
Written Intimations314102
Statutory Notices14660
Bye-law „706152
Notices under L.C.C. (G.P.) Acts—
Verminous rooms9427
Additional taps2
Abolition of old dustbins