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Paddington 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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proceedings during 1906.
TABLE VIII.
PROCEEDINGS DURING 1906.
L.C.C.
| Premises. | Number of P.??? | Number of Inspections, 1906. | Number of Notices, 1906 | Number of Prosecutions, 1906. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Register at end of 1905. | Added in 1906 | Ren???ed ??? | On Register at end of 906. | ||||
| Milk premises | 172 | 9 | 3 | 178 | 218 | 7 | • • • |
| Cowsheds | 1 | • • • | • • • | 1 | 3 | • • • | • • • |
| Slaughter-houses | 8 | • • • | • • • | 8 | 631 | • • • | • • • |
| Other offensive trade premises | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • |
| Ice cream premises | 137 | 10 | 1 | 146 | 72 | ... | • • • |
| Registered houses let in lodgings | 1,150, | 140 | 18 | 1,272 | 7,474 | (a)* 28 | (a)*... |
| (b)* 4,422 | (b)* 13 | ||||||
| * (a) For overcrowding. * (b) For other conditions (including annual cleansing). | |||||||
* (a) For overcrowding. * (b) For other conditions (including annual cleansing).
Total number of intimation notices served for all purposes 960
Overcrowding, 1906—
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 438
Number remedied 28
Number of prosecutions 1
Underground rooms-
Illegal occupation dealt with during year 3
Number of rooms closed 3
Insanitary houses—
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Ac 1891 3
Number closed under the Housing of the Working ???sses Act —
Number of preimises cleansed under Sec. 20 of the L.C.C. (General Powers) Act,
1904 227
Shelters provided under Sec. 60 (4) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 —
Number of persons accommodated during the year —
Revenue Acts—
Number of houses for which applications were received during year 18
Number of tenements comprised therein 148
Number of tenements for which certificates were (a) granted 90
(b) refused 20
(c) deferred 38
Number of prosecutions under By-laws under Public Health Act, 1891—
(a) For prevention of nuisance arising from snow, ice, salt, filth, etc. —
(b) For prevention of nuisance arising from offensive matter running out of any
manufactory, etc. —
(c) For the prevention of keeping of animals in such a manner as to be injurious
to health -
(d) As to paving of yards, etc., of dwelling houses —
(e) In connection with the removal of offensive matter, etc. —
(/) As to cesspools and privies, removal and disposal of refuse, etc. —
(g) For securing the cleanliness of tanks, cisterns, etc. 1
(h) With respect to water closets, earth closets, etc. —
(i) With respect to sufficiency of water supply to water closets —
(j) With respect to drainage, etc. (Metropolis Management Act, Sec. 202) —
(k) With respect to deposit of plans as to drainage, etc. (Metropolis Management
Acts Amendment (By-laws) Act, 1899) 4
Mortuaries—
Total number of bodies removed 281
Total number of infectious bodies removed 4