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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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housing.
TABLE 44.
Sanitary Defects Remedied in Registered Houses.
| 1904 | 1905. | |
|---|---|---|
| Drain defective | 85 | 78 |
| „ choked | 5 | 6 |
| „ untrapped | 17 | 33 |
| „ unventilated or improperly ventilated | 89 | 74 |
| Manhole cover defective | 1 | 3 |
| Inadequate means of access to drain | 3 | 1 |
| Surface inlet improperly trapped | 23 | 6 |
| Gully choked | 4 | 4 |
| Ventilating pipe improperly constructed | 9 | 3 |
| Soilpipe defective | 3 | 1 |
| „ improperly constructed | 1 | — |
| „ unventilated or improperly ventilated | — | 3 |
| Water-closet choked | 32 | 12 |
| „ defective | 25 | 34 |
| „ flushed from drinking water cistern | 9 | 9 |
| „ insufficiently flushed | 26 | 13 |
| „ flushing apparatus defective | 2 | 29 |
| „ without water supply | 6 | 7 |
| „ foul | 32 | 25 |
| „ improperly constructed | 22 | 14 |
| „ accommodation insufficient | 5 | 10 |
| „ without door | 2 | 8 |
| „ without external light or ventilation | — | 4 |
| Rain-water pipe not disconnected from drain or soilpipe | 28 | 39 |
| „ defective | 13 | 14 |
| „ choked | 3 | — |
| Sink waste pipe not disconnected from drain | 18 | 5 |
| „ defective | 9 | 6 |
| „ choked | 1 | 2 |
| „ not provided | 1 | 1 |
| Other drainage defects | — | 10 |
| Cistern connected to drain | 1 | 6 |
| „ defective | 7 | 6 |
| „ dirty | 12 | 20 |
| „ improperly placed | 5 | 2 |
| „ without proper cover | 15 | 11 |
| „ cover defective | — | 18 |
| Dustbin defective | 29 | 50 |
| „ not provided | 1 | 7 |
| Paving defective in area or yard | 37 | 42 |
| „ „ wash house | 31 | 35 |
| Guttering defective | 18 | 14 |
| Copper „ | 3 | — |
| Premises damp | 4 | 12 |
| „ dirty | 9 | 10 |
| Rooms verminous | — | 144 |
| Roof defective | 73 | 134 |
| Accumulation of refuse | 5 | 34 |
| Animals improperly kept | — | 2 |
| Other defects or nuisances | 8 | 19 |
As the number of houses on the Register increases, this work becomes heavier each year
and takes up more time. From March until September the two Inspectors in charge of
registration have to devote practically all their energies to this matter. A new scheme was
formulated during the autumn, which it is hoped will save time and secure a more speedy
completion of the work.
Overcrowding.—The cases of "legal" overcrowding discovered in houses let in lodgings
during the year numbered 69 (as against 298 in 1904), viz., 54 on registration, 8 at the annual