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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 1895
Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1895
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TABLE VI. Report of the Works of the Sanitary Department completed during the Year 1895.
| No. of Complaints received. | Inspections of Dwelling Houses. | Houses Let in Lodgings. | Sanitary Works completed in Dwelling Houses. | To Regulate Keeping of Animals. | Trade Supervision. | Foods. | Canal Boats. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Drainage, &c. | Water Supply. | Dust Receptacles. | Miscellaneous. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| " House-to-House." | On Complaint or after Illness. | Cellar Dwellings. | Re-inspections of all kinds. | Houses placed on Register. | Registered Houses Inspected. | Entire Reconstruction. | Drains trapped and (or) ventilated. | Waste-pipes disconnected. | Rain-water-pipes disconnected. | W.C. New provided, repaired, Ac. | Soil-pipes ventilated. | Services Separated. | Supplies Reinstated. | Cisterns New provided. | Cisterns cleansed, repaired, &c. | Cisterns overflow disconnected. | New provided. | Repaired, &c. | Houses cleansed. | Cases of overcrowding abated. | Cellar-dwellings closed. | Yards and Areas Paved and Drained. | Manure Receptacles Reconstructed, &c. | Accumulations Removed. | Improperly kept Removed. | Slaughterhouses. | Cowhouses. | Bakehouses. | Offensive Trades. | Seizure of Unsound Food. | Samples taken for Analysis. | Registered. | Inspected. | |||
| Quarters. | 1 | 387 | 356 | 825 | .. | 2723 | ... | ... | 102 | 45 | 14 | 21 | 37 | 12 | 11 | 75 | .. | 2 | ... | 3 | 1 | 12 | 3 | ... | 6 | 22 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 7 | . | 1 | 90 | .. | 56 |
| 2 | 356 | 186 | 1026 | .. | 3049 | .. | .. | 92 | 39 | 19 | 20 | 78 | 41 | 27 | 75 | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 53 | 43 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 77 | .. | 1 | 99 | 1 | 51 | |
| 3 | 270 | 85 | .886 | .. | 3039 | .. | .. | 105 | 38 | 27 | 24 | 48 | 31 | 28 | 24 | 11 | 4 | .. | 4 | 1 | 16 | 2 | .. | 6 | 30 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | .. | 1 | 81 | 1 | 45 | |
| 4 | 196 | 44 | 632 | 1 | 2998 | .. | .. | 109 | 52 | 24 | 23 | 70 | 30 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | .. | 10 | 2 | .. | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 76 | .. | .. | 93 | 2 | 22 | |
| Year | 1209 | 671 | 3369 | 1 | 11809 | .. | .. | 408 | 174 | 84 | 88 | 233 | 114 | 98 | 189 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 69 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 110 | 79 | 6 | 20 | 7 | 165 | .. | 3 | 363 | 4 | 174 | |