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Paddington 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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HOUSING
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TABLE 38.
Sanitary Defects Remedied in Registered Houses.
| 1907. | 1906. | |
|---|---|---|
| Drain defective | 44 | 28 |
| „ choked | 3 | 8 |
| „ untrapped | 2 | 3 |
| „ unventilated or improperly ventilated | 24 | 16 |
| Manhole cover defective | 6 | 7 |
| Surface inlet improperly trapped | 7 | 11 |
| Gully choked | 6 | 3 |
| Ventilating pipe improperly constructed | 3 | 1 |
| Soilpipe defective | - | 1 |
| „ improperly constructed | - | - |
| ,, unventilated or improperly ventilated | 1 | 2 |
| Water-closet choked | 20 | 47 |
| „ defective | 45 | 55 |
| „ flushed from drinking water cistern | 3 | 2 |
| „ insufficiently flushed | 23 | 47 |
| „ flushing apparatus defective | 38 | 61 |
| „ without water supply | 12 | 16 |
| „ foul | 18 | 28 |
| „ improperly constructed | 5 | 5 I. |
| „ accommodation insufficient | 34 | 36 |
| „ without door | 2 | 10 |
| „ without external light or ventilation | 1 | - |
| Rain-water pipe not disconnected from drain or soilpipe | 4 | 18 |
| „ defective | 22 | 29 |
| „ choked | 7 | |
| Waste pipe not disconnected ^ A | - | 1 |
| „ defective | 10 | 9 |
| „ choked | 1 | 2 |
| „ not provided | 3 | 8 |
| Other drainage defects | 10 | 1 |
| Cistern connected to drain | - | - |
| „ defective | 4 | 7 |
| „ dirty | 34 | 40 |
| „ improperly placed | 1 | 1 |
| „ without proper cover | 15 | 23 |
| „ cover defective | 7 | 21 |
| Dustbin defective | 54 | 145 |
| „ not provided | 7 | 3 |
| „ insufficient | 8 | 1 |
| „ disused and not abolished | - | 11 |
| Paving defective in area or yard | 89 | 95 |
| „ „ washhouse | 48 | 41 |
| Guttering defective | 12 | 13 |
| Premises damp | 8 | 5 |
| „ dirty | 4 | 4 |
| Rooms verminous | 345 | 231 |
| Roof defective | 136 | 147 |
| Accumulation of refuse | 42 | 12 |
| Animals improperly kept | 6 | 14 |
| Other defects or nuisances | 30 | 49 |
Vital Statistics.— The inhabitants of the registered houses were estimated to number, last
year, 18,490 persons, 5,305 of whom were under 10 years of age. The cases of infectious
disease notified in the streets containing such houses (only those streets are here included in
which the majority of the houses are on the Register), numbered 160, 113 of the patients being
under 10 years old. The cases of each disease were as follow :—
Diphtheria Scarlet Fever 98 (81).
(including Membranous Croup) 31 (26). Enteric Fever
Erysipelas 22 (4). (including Continued Fever) 9 (2).
Figures in parenthesis, cases under 10 years of age.