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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 1909
Report on the vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1909
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number of 1,223 were served during the year, viz.: written intimations, 386; statutory
notices, 61; notices under the various by-laws, 674 and notices pursuant to provisions of the
London County Council (General Powers) Acts, 233, viz.: verminous rooms, 152, abolition
of dustbins, 5 ; and additional supplies of water, 76.
TABLE 46. Sanitary Defects Remedied in Registered Houses.
| 1909. | 1908. | |
|---|---|---|
| Drain defective | 10 | 34 |
| „ choked | 7 | 9 |
| „ untrapped | — | 7 |
| „ unventilated or improperly ventilated | 2 | 24 |
| Manhole cover defective | 4 | 1 |
| Surface inlet improperly trapped | 2 | 9 |
| Gully choked | 13 | 9 |
| Ventilating pipe improperly constructed | - | 1 |
| Soilpipe defective | - | 2 |
| „ improperly constructed | - | 2 |
| „ unventilated or improperly ventilated | - | 2 |
| Water-closet choked | 56 | 39 |
| „ defective | 72 | 49 |
| ,, flushed from drinking water cistern | - | 2 |
| „ insufficiently flushed | 37 | 42 |
| „ flushing apparatus defective | 71 | 36 |
| „ without water supply | 21 | 8 |
| „ foul. | 41 | 20 |
| „ improperly constructed | — | 14 |
| „ accommodation insufficient | 44 | 14 |
| ,, without door | 19 | 9 |
| „ without external light or ventilation | - | 1 |
| Rain-water pipe not disconnected from drain or soilpipe | 1 | 18 |
| „ defective | 45 | 24 |
| „ choked | 15 | 3 |
| Waste pipe not disconnected | - | 4 |
| „ defective | 2 | 7 |
| „ choked | 1 | - |
| ,, not provided | 3 | 3 |
| Other drainage defects | 2 | 3 |
| Cistern defective | 7 | 2 |
| „ dirty | 58 | 70 |
| „ improperly placed | — | - |
| „ without proper cover | 4 | 12 |
| „ cover defective | 13 | 27 |
| Dustbin defective | 72 | 105 |
| ,, not provided | 8 | 4 |
| „ insufficient | 1 | — |
| „ disused and not abolished | 5 | 5 |
| Paving defective in area or yard | 79 | 85 |
| „ „ washhouse | 51 | 40 |
| Guttering defective | 27 | 21 |
| Premises damp | 16 | 10 |
| „ dirty | 13 | 9 |
| Rooms verminous | 213 | 258 |
| Roof defective | 179 | 142 |
| Accumulation of refuse | 16 | 3 |
| Animals improperly kept | 4 | 6 |
| Water supply to premises insufficient | 78 | 42 |
| Other defects or nuisances | 35 | 13 |
Annual Cleansing.—There were 1,254 houses on the Register in March of last year, all of
which required to be inspected in connection with the "annual cleansing" which the bylaws
provide shall be carried out during the month of April of each year. Although the
work was divided among five Inspectors, it was not completed until October. The
inspections made numbered 4,933, 1,920 rooms being reported to be in need of cleansing.