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Paddington 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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HOUSING.
Supervision.—Apart from registration, annual cleansing, and sickness, 2,856 inspections were
made of registered houses during the past year, as compared with 2,430 in 1910. The nuisances
and infringements of by-laws discovered and dealt with in the course of all inspections are set
out in Table 47. A total of 2,023 notices of all descriptions (excluding cleansing notices) were
served last year (1,177 in 1910), including 361 "written intimations," 71 "statutory notices,"
1,374 notices under the various by-laws, and 196 under the London County Council (General
Powers) Acts, viz., 184 for verminous rooms (179 in 1910), 21 for additional water supply, and
12 with reference to dustbins.
TABLE 47.
Sanitary Defects Remedied in Registered Houses.
| 1910 | 1911 | |
|---|---|---|
| Drain defective | 9 | 18 |
| „ choked | 16 | 15 |
| „ untrapped | 26 | 4 |
| „ unventilated or improperly ventilated | 3 | 8 |
| Manhole cover defective | 5 | 4 |
| Surface inlet improperly trapped | 1 | 4 |
| Gully choked | 8 | 8 |
| Ventilating pipe improperly constructed | - | 10 |
| Soilpipe defective | 1 | 3 |
| „ improperly constructed | - | 3 |
| „ unventilated or improperly ventilated | - | 2 |
| Water-closet choked | 42 | 32 |
| „ defective | 95 | 63 |
| „ flushed from drinking-water cistern | 1 | _ |
| „ insufficiently flushed | 35 | 28 |
| ,, flushing apparatus defective | 42 | 45 |
| „ without water supply | 16 | 24 |
| ,, foul | 16 | 26 |
| „ improperly constructed | 1 | 6 |
| ,, accommodation insufficient | 33 | 30 |
| „ without door | 6 | 18 |
| „ without external light or ventilation | 1 | 1 |
| Rainwater pipe not disconnected from drain or soilpipe | 2 | 2 |
| ,, defective | 35 | 32 |
| ,, choked | 5 | 6 |
| Wastepipe not disconnected | _ | |
| ,, defective | 14 | 10 |
| ,, choked | 3 | 6 |
| ,, not provided | 6 | 2 |
| Other drainage defects | 5 | 5 |
| Cistern defective | 3 | 4 |
| ,, dirty | 58 | 86 |
| „ improperly placed | 1 | _ |
| ,, without proper cover | 14 | 5 |
| „ cover defective | 10 | 23 |
| Dustbin defective | 59 | 80 |
| „ not provided | 3 | 4 |
| „ insufficient | 1 | 11 |
| „ disused and not abolished | 6 | 12 |
| Paving defective in area or yard | 82 | 82 |
| " " wash-house | 55 | 74 |
| Guttering defective | 17 | 18 |
| Premises damp | 24 | 7 |
| dirty | 6 | 15 |
| Rooms verminous | 284 | 280 |
| Roof defective | 144 | 134 |
| Accumulation of refuse | 33 | 15 |
| Animals improperly kept | 6 | 8 |
| Water supply to premises insufficient | 4 | 3 |
| Other defects or nuisances | 17 | 29 |