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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Paddington 1891

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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Table: TABLE VI.Inspectors' Report of the Sanitary Work, &c., completed in the year ending December 31st, 1891.

TABLE VI.

Inspectors' Report of the Sanitary Work, &c., completed in the year ending December 31st, 1891.

Paddington.No. of Complaints received during year.No. of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected, including re-inspections.Results of Inspection.House Drains.Privies and Water Closets.Dust Bins.Water Supply.Miscellaneous.
Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises.Houses and Premises, &o., Cleansed, Repaired, and Whitewashed.Houses Disinfected after Infectious Diseases.Repaired, Cleansed, &c.Trapped or Ventilated.Repaired, Cleansed, &c.Supplied with Water.New provided.New provided.Repaired, Covered, &c.Cistern (new) erected.Separate Water Supply for potable purposes.Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered.Removal of accumulation of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal, and other Refuse.New Manure Pits provided.Removal of Animals improperly kept.Regularly Inspected.Other Proceedings, e.g. Legal Proceedings.Number of cases of Overcrowding abated.Waste Pipes and Rain-water Pipes disconnected from Drain.External Ventilation to W.C. provided.Water Supply to premises reinstated.
Bakehouses.Licensed Cowhouses.Licensed Slaughterhouses.
Total.1,43012,6096971095843402679017114241511141988111077316223217508