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]
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DATE. | NAME. | NATURE OF CONTRACT. | PRICE. |
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Date. | Poor. | Lighting. | General. | Sowers. | Metropolis Mam Drainage. | Church. | Total. |
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Locality. | No. of Houses. | Drains constructed. | Drains repaired. | Drains trapped. | Cesspools abolished. | Cesspools cleansed. | Water closets provided with Pans & Water. | New Water Closets constructed. | Closets supplied with Water. | Dust-Bins constructed. | Dust Bins repaired. | Pavement constructed. | Pavement relaid. | Water-Receptacles provided. | Water-Receptacles repaired. | New Water supply. | General repairs. | Cleansing and Lime washing. | Ventilation. |
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Locality. | No. of Houses. | Drains constructed. | Drains repaired. | Drains trapped. | Cesspools abolished. | Cesspools cleansed. | Water Closets provided with Pans & Water | New Water Closets constructed. | Closets supplied with Water. | Dust-Bins constructed. | Dust-Bins repaired. | Pavement constructed. | Pavement relaid. | Water-Receptacles provided. | Water-Receptacles repaired. | New Water supply. | General repairs. | Cleansing and Lime washing. | Ventilation. |
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ORDER OF BOARD. | LOCALITY. | SUBSIDIARY NAMES ERASED. | HOUSES NUMBERED. |
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Received on account of Rates | £ | s. 13 | d. 1 | Balance from last year's Account | £ 313 | s. 13 | d. 0½ |
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Balance from account of Rate | £ | s. | d. | Sewers Jobbing Works | £ | s. | d. |
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Date. | Name. | Nature of Contract. | Price. |
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£ | 8. | d. | Metropolitan Board of Works | £ | 8. | d. |
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New Streets taken to. | Streets paved under the Metropolis Local Management Acts. | Gravel Footways paved. | Granite Crossings laid down. | Old Footways repaved. | Mews repaved. |
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New Brick Sewers constructed at the expense of the Vestry. | Pipe Sewer constructed at the expense of the Vestry. | Underpinning to old Sewers,and laying new stoneware Inverts to ditto, at the expense of the Vestry. | New Brick Sewers constructed at the expense of the Owners. | Number of New Gullies constructed. | Number of Sandpits and Gullies cleansed. |
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Population in 1861. | Births. | Deaths. | Vaccinations. |
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CAUSES OF DEATH. | Standard Mortality of Infants in Healthy Districts. | Mortality of Infants in Paddington. | |
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I. | II. | ||
In houses inhabited by the Poor. | In the rest of the Parish. |
Under 5Years. | Causes of Death. | Ages. | Total | Under 5 Years. | Causes of Death. | Ages. | Total. | ||||||||
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6 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and above | 5 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and above |