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Paddington 1900

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

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[Appendix IV-

Table: TABLE V. REPORT OF THE WORKS OF THE SANITARY DEPARTMENT COMPLETED DURING THE YEAR 1900.

TABLE V. REPORT OF THE WORKS OF THE SANITARY DEPARTMENT COMPLETED DURING THE YEAR 1900.

No of Complaints received.Inspections of Dwelling Houses.Sanitary Works completed in Dwelling Houses.To Regulate Keeping of Animals.Trade Supervision.Foods
Drainage, &c.Water Supply.Dust Receptacles.Miscellaneous.
" 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, &c.Soil Pipes Ventilated.Services Separated.Supplies Reinstated.Cisterns, New, Provided.Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, &c.Cistern Overflows Disconnected.New, Provided.Repaired, &c.Drains Cleared, Flushed, Jtc.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.No. 11582631—3,6439731575011211217—3—13174—985012116—26039Not Tabulated.
No. 2184—756—3,44486463629621811105615—27256112985——61212752
No. 31776733—3,28997498738151142111947143—51610211333422392
.No. 413964823—3,982123452724105321081116—9—115351111414132312863
Year658722,943—14,3584031717667255762443205022645810918237472511417125541,06046

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TABLE V.
REPORT OF THE WORKS OF THE SANITARY DEPARTMENT COMPLETED DURING THE YEAR 1900.
Foods.
Seizures of Unsound Food.
Not Tabulated.
Trade Supervision.
Smoke Observations.
39
2
2
3
46
Offensive Trades, Wharves.
260
275
239
286
1,060
Eating-Houses.
—
1
2
1
4
Bakehouses.
6
12
34
3
55
Cowhouses, Dairies, Milk Shops.
1
6
3
2
12
Slaughterhouses.
1
—
13
3
17
To
Regulate
Keeping of
Animals.
Improperly-kept Removed.
12
—
1
1
14
Accumulations Removed.
50
85
102
14
251
Manure Receptacles Reconstructed, &c.
8
9
16
14
47
Sanitary Works completed in Dwelling Houses.
Miscellaneous.
Yards and Areas Paved and Drained.
9
12
5
11
37
Cellar Dwellings Closed.
—
1
—
1
2
Cases of Overcrowding Abated.
4
6
3
5
18
Houses or Rooms Cleansed, Whitewashed,
&c.
17
25
14
53
109
Drains Cleared, Flushed, &c.
13
27
7
11
58
Dust Receptacles.
Repaired, &c.
-
—
4
—
4
New, Provided.
3
5
9
9
26
Cistern Overflows Disconnected.
—
1
1
—
2
Water Supply.
Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, &c.
17
6
11
16
50
Cisterns, New, Provided.
2
5
2
11
20
Supplies Reinstated.
11
10
14
8
43
Services Separated.
2
11
1
10
24
Soil Pipes Ventilated.
11
18
15
32
76
W.C., New, Provided, Repaired, &c.
50
62
38
105
255
Rain-water Pipes Disconnected.
7
29
7
24
67
Waste Pipes Disconnected.
5
36
8
27
76
Drains Relaid, Trapped, or Ventilated.
31
46
49
45
171
Entire Reconstruction.
97
86
97
123
403
Inspections of
Dwelling Houses.
Re-inspection of all kinds.
3,643
3,444
3,289
3,982
14,358
Cellar Dwellings.
-
—
—
-
—
On Complaint or after Illness.
631
756
733
823
2,943
" House-to-House."
2
—
6
64
72
No of Complaints received.
158
184
177
139
658
No. 1
No. 2
No. 3
No. 4
Year
Quarters.