Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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HOUSING. 05 available for habitation but standing empty. From the reports of the Inspectors the following summary has been prepared :—
No. of empty rooms. | |||
---|---|---|---|
Furnished. | Unfurnished. | ||
Alfred Road | 21 | 95 | |
Amberley Road | — | 15 | |
Kensal Road | — | 23 | |
Clarendon Street Area | 24 | 175 | |
Hall Park | — | 20 | |
North Wharf Road „ | — | 18 | |
45 | 316 |
TABLE 3G. Sanitary Defects Remedied in Registered Houses.
1903. | 1904. | |
---|---|---|
Drain defective | 65 | 85 |
„ choked | 12 | 5 |
„ untrapped | — | 17 |
„ unventilated | 46 | 89 |
Manhole cover defective | 1 | 1 |
Inadequate means of access to drain | — | 3 |
Surface inlet improperly trapped | 23 | |
Gully in living room | 1 | _ |
„ choked | 3 | 4 |
. Ventilating pipe improperly constructed... | — | 2 |
Soilpipe defective | — | 3 |
„ improperly constructed | 1 | |
„ unventilated | 1 | _ |
Water.closet choked | 14 | 32 |
„ defective | 21 | 25 |
„ flushed from drinking water cistern | 4 | 9 |
„ insufficiently flushed | 22 | 26 |
„ flushing apparatus defective | — | 2 |
„ without water supply | 7 | 6 |
„ foul | 32 | |
„ improperly constructed | 20 | 22 |
„ accommodation insufficient | 17 | 5 |
„ without door | — | 2 |
„ without external light or ventilation | _ | |
Rain.water pipe not disconnected from drain or soilpipe | 12 | |
„ defective | 15 | 13 |
„ choked | — | 3 |
Sink waste pipe not disconnected from drain | 5 | |
„ defective | 3 | 9 |
„ choked | — | 1 |
„ not provided | — | 1 |
•Cistern connected to drain | — | 1 |
„ defective | — | 7 |
„ 'dirty | 12 | |
„ improperly placed | 2 | 5 |
„ without cover | — | 15 |
„ cover defective | 8 | |
Dustbin defective | 33 | 29 |
„ not provided | — | 1 |
Paving defective in area or yard | 35 | 37 |
„ „ washouse | 25 | 31 |
Guttering defective | — | |
Copper „ | — | 3 |
Premises damp | 9 | 4 |
„ dirty | 14 | 9 |
Roof defective | 33 | 73 |
Service pipe defective | — | 1 |
Sink defective | __ | 1 |
Staircase unventilated | — | 1 |
Window defective | — | 1 |
Accumulation of refuse | 5 |