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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 1901
Report on the vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1901
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WORK OF THE SANITARY DEPARTMENT.
REPORT OF THE WORKS OF THE SANITARY DEPARTMENT COMPLETED DURING THE YEAR 1901.
| Inspections of Dwelling Houses. | Sanitary Works completed in Dwelling Houses. | To Regulate Keeping of Animals. | Trade Supervision. | Foods. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Drainage, &c. | Water Supply. | Dust Receptacles. | Miscellaneous. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No of Com plaints received. | " House-to-House." | On Complaint or after Illness. | Cellar Dwellings. | Re-inspection of all kinds. | Entire Reconstruction. | Drains Relaid, Trapped, or Ventilated. | Waste Pipes Disconnected. | Rain-water Pipes Disconnected. | W.C., New, Provided, Repaired, ite. | Soil Pipes Ventilated. | Services Separated. | Supplies Reinstated. | Cisterns, New, Provided. | Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, &c. | Cistern Overflows Disconnected. | New, Provided. | Repaired, &c. | Drains Cleared, Flushed, &c. | Houses or Rooms Cleansed, Whitewashed, &c. | Cases of Overcrowding Abated. | Cellar Dwellings Closed. | Yards and Areas Paved and Drained. | Manure Receptacles Reconstructed, &c. | Accumulations Removed. | Improperly-kept Removed. | Slaughterhouses. | Cowhouses, Dairies, .Milk Shops. | Bakehouses. | Eating-Houses. | Offensive Trades, Wharves. | Smoke Observations. | Seizures of Unsound Food. | |||
| Quarters. | 145 | 31 | 705 | — | 4,507 | 93 | 51 | 36 | 89 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 19 | 39 | — | 5 | 7 | 12 | _ | 3 | 1 | 293 | 1 | Not Tabulated. | |||||||||
| No. 2 | 130 | 116 | 786 | -- | 4,667 | 91 | 41 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 8 | — | 4 | 61 | — | 2 | 122 | 21 | — | 38 | ||||||||||||
| No. 3 | 69 | 723 | — | 4,755 | 36 | 12 | 12 | 59 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 49 | 10 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 72 | — | — | 21 | 252 | 31 | ||||||||
| No. 4 | 137 | 698 | 4,612 | 96 | 38 | 19 | 17 | 77 | 9 | 7 | 7 | — | 7 | — | 8 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 7 | — | 23 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 10 | 273 | 30 | ||||||
| Year | 620 | 224 | 2,912 | 18,541 | 366 | 166 | 61 | 78 | 311 | 71 | 23 | 23 | 16 | 29 | 31 | 24 | 63 | 126 | 38 | 37 | 12 | — | 7 | 124 | 63 | 18 | 1,104 | 100 | |||||||