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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 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Borough of ]

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Table: TABLE ^1. Report of the Works of the Sanitary Department completed during the Year 1896.

TABLE ^1. Report of the Works of the Sanitary Department completed during the Year 1896.

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.
Drainage, See.Water Supply.Dust Receptacles.Miscellaneous.
" House-to-House."On Complaint or after illness.Cellar Dwellings.Re-Inspections of all kinds.Houses placed on RegisterRegistered Houses Inspected.Entire Reconstruction.Drains trapped and (or) ventilated.Waste-pipes disconnected.Rain-water-pipes disconnected.W.C. New provided, repaired, &c.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, See.Accumulations Removed.Improperly kept Removed.Slaughterhouses.Cowhouses.Bakehouses.Offensive Trades.Seizure of Unsound Food.Samples taken for Analysis.Registered.Inspected.
Quarters.1227606763038....1053315185121148517..32215..1771321115..1110249
22707012460....84341824683112821..4..5....16220..214263........
33001283622211....81321521473111363..4..62..981158244113..86167
4168398102739....93241521863291034111..81..1641818371247..94185
Year9651013023210448....3631236384252115462916251222408..582162819717242313844191