London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Paddington 1872

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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Systematic Sanitary Inspection of Streets by Inspector T. R. Clifford , continued from Quarter ending March 1872.

Streets.Houses.Inhabitants.Orders issued.Remarks.
Woodchester Street102 Census 95149780Very good sanitary condition— far better than Clarendon-St. or Cirencester St.; better class of people
Carlton Terrace252536Defective drainage—remedied by constructing new pipe drains in lieu of rotten pipes put in when the houses were built
Asburn Cottages and2522211Overcrowing, bad paving in yards, no covers to water receptacles, windows not made to open from top, no draw off tap to some of the water receptacles, ladling water out with any dirty vessel, an underground tank to be discontinued, and cistern provided.
Irongate Wharf Road
Defective w.c. and ventilation, and dirty walls, &c.
One water closet removed from underneath stairs into yard, defective drains repaired. Discontinue keeping horses in stables, not being properly drained
Lanark Place12507Cleansing, repairing, paving yards, dust bins, w.s., w.c., &c.; houses otherwise clean
Wharves North side .....12For cleaning out mud and offensive maters thoroughly from bed of the Canal Basin
Clarendon Terrace .1G18514Pave yards, trap drains, defective w.s. to w.c.; in some houses water supply pipes enter at top of cistern in place of near the bottom, consequently no water to w.c. occasionally