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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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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PART II.
C. House Inspection, &c.
Below is a list of details of the work done in connection with
insanitary conditions in dwelling-houses. In many cases some of the
work specified was in premises part of which was occupied as workshops:—
1905. 1905.
Complaints received and dealt Sanitary "Work completed :—
with 692 Water-closets:—
Houses and premises inspected 4,663 Constructed 834
„ „ re-inspected 20,633 Repaired 781
„ (registered), visits to 1,578 Ventilated 549
Notices issued (preliminary) 3,095 Separated from rooms 17
„ ,, (statutory) 159 Cleansed or limewashed 903
Sanitary Work completed:— New pans fixed 1,319
Houses:— Pans and traps cleansed 361
Closed under H.W. Classes Obstruction removed 146
Act — Traps ventilated 791
Closed under P.H. (London) Water supply provided 777
Act 1 Flushing apparatus fixed 1,166
Cleansed throughout 236 ,, repaired 622
„ partially 797 Waste Pipes:—
Overcrowding abated 120 To sinks, baths, lavatory
Light or ventilation improved 166 basins, &c. 68
Roofs repaired 271 Fixed 750
Floors and staircases repaired 275 Repaired or unstopped 336
Underground rooms vacated 54 Disconnected from drain 186
Yards, areas, paved or re- Trapped 913
paired 537 Ventilated 668
Damp walls remedied 28 Water Supply:—
Offensive refuse removed 231 Provided 511
Keeping of animals discontinued16 Reinstated 81
Cisterns fixed 148
Drains:— „ cleansed 262
Constructed 302 „ covered 360
Amended and repaired 402 „ old, defective,
Disconnecting traps fixed 358 abolished 73
Ventilated 368 Disconnected from w.c.
Tested 1,324 supply 85
Unstopped or cleansed 274 Dust Bins:—
Gully traps fixed 1,263 Provided 130
Inspection chambers built 819 Repaired 133
„ repaired Old, abolished 66
or cleansed 280 Stables: —
Inspection chambers, cover Drained 39
fixed or sealed 730 Paved 27
Soil pipes fixed or repaired 549 Cleansed 31
Ventilating pipes fixed or Dung receptacles provided 24
repaired 470 ,, repaired 2
New sewer connections 109 Dung pits abolished 3
Rainwater Pipes :— Dung accumulations re moved 470
Fixed or repaired 561
Disconnected from drain 295