Report on the vital statistics and the work of the Public Health Department for the years 1914-18 (inclusive) page 39

Paddington 1914

Report on the vital statistics and the work of the Public Health Department for the years 1914-18 (inclusive)

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Dirty and Verminous Rooms.—As already stated 7,240 rooms were reported to be dirty
and 930 verminous during 1914-18, as compared with 9,309 and 1,666 (respectively) during
1909-13. The figures for each year shown in Table XV., Appendix, should be compared
with those of rooms cleansed* (i.e., disinfested) shown in" Table XVIII., B, Appendix.
The conclusion that not only was there a failure to discover verminous conditions, but an
even greater failure to get rid of the verminous conditions.

Table: Notices Issued.—The following is a summary of the Notices issued with respect to this class of house during the five years. Shortage of paper made it necessary to include in one notice—the written intimation, usually—defects remedial under the Bve-laws for which separate notices are legally required.

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Notices Issued.—The following is a summary of the Notices issued with respect to this class of house during the five years. Shortage of paper made it necessary to include in one notice—the written intimation, usually—defects remedial under the Bve-laws for which separate notices are legally required.

	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918
Written Intimations	395	484	287	290	363
Statutory Notices	168	108	31	46	124
Bye-law	1749	1040	912	930	127
Notices under L.C.C. (G.P.) Acts : —
Verminous Rooms	265	144	93	79	32
Additional Taps	44	6	-	4	-
Abolition of old Dustbins	13	6	1	1	—

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IV.—FOOD SUPERVISION.
Slaughterhouses.—In 1913 slaughtering was carried on at the undermentioned premises—
Bishop's Mews, No. 1. . Southwick Mews, No. 15.
Edgware Road, No. 275. Chippenham Mews, No. 18.
Portsdown Mews Harrow Road, No. 125.
fat rear of 249 Maida Vale). Upper Brook Mews, No. 6.
The slaughterhouse in Southwick Mews was closed during 1915 and that in Bishop's
Mews in 1916. The others were in use throughout the war.

Table: During 1914-18 the Inspector (Mr. Grivell) was present on 1,561 occasions when animals were being slaughtered, as compared with 2,290 during 1909-13. The animals killed numbered 14,479, or nearly 35 per cent. fewer than the total for 1909-13. The numbers of animals slaughtered in each five vears were—

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During 1914-18 the Inspector (Mr. Grivell) was present on 1,561 occasions when animals were being slaughtered, as compared with 2,290 during 1909-13. The animals killed numbered 14,479, or nearly 35 per cent. fewer than the total for 1909-13. The numbers of animals slaughtered in each five vears were—

	1909-13.	1914-18.
Bullocks	423	1,428
Calves	11	-
Sheep	21,736	13,037
Pigs	-	14

Table: The annual figures for 1914-18 are shown below—

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The annual figures for 1914-18 are shown below—

Animals slaughtered—	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918
Animals slaughtered—	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	Bullocks	61	91	92	79	1,105
Sheep	2,770	2,094	2,225	2,417	3,531
Pigs	—	-	—	—	14
Totals	2,831	2,185	2,317	2,496	4,650

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A statement of the diseased parts of the carcases destroyed after inspection in the course
of slaughtering is given in Table 19.

Table: Food Vendors.—The vendors of food trading in the Borough at the end of 1913 numbered 482, which total fell to 389—a reduction of a little over 19 per cejit. The tabular statement below shows the trades most affected.

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Food Vendors.—The vendors of food trading in the Borough at the end of 1913 numbered 482, which total fell to 389—a reduction of a little over 19 per cejit. The tabular statement below shows the trades most affected.

Trade.	1913	1918	Change per cent.
Meat	81	70	—30.7
Pork	20	70	—30.7
Fish	31	25	—19.4
Game, Poultry	11	10	— 9.1
Fruit, Greengrocery	69	68	— 1.5
Milk	123	99	—19.6
Refreshments	108	83	—23.2
Margarine	13	15	+15.3
Fried Fish	26	19	—27.0

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The inspections of the above premises—for detection of unsound foodstuffs—numbered
4,232 during 1914-18, as compared with 5,157 during 1909-13—a decrease of 18'0 per cent.,
which shows that the supervision of the sale of foodstuffs was maintained at its usual level.
* No records have been kept of the number of rooms cleansed, in the ordinary sense of the word.

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Table: The annual figures for 1914-18 are shown below—

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Table: Food Vendors.—The vendors of food trading in the Borough at the end of 1913 numbered 482, which total fell to 389—a reduction of a little over 19 per cejit. The tabular statement below shows the trades most affected.

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