Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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HOUSING.
1896—1900. | 1907—1911. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
(Selected causes.) | Totals | Rates. | Totals. | Rates. |
Overlaid in bed | 13 | 0.35 | 2 | 0.06 |
Suicides | 5 | 0.13 | 4 | 0.12 |
Other Causes* | 352 | 9.66 | 338 | 10.20 |
Deaths in Institutions | 318 | 30.2† | 481 | 54.2† |
*Including:— | ||||
Alcoholism | 9 | 0.24 | 2 | 0.06 |
Murder | 2 | 0.05 | — | — |
†Per 100 deaths. |
TABLE 51. Sanitary Defects Remedied in Tenement Houses.
1911. | 1912. | |
---|---|---|
Drain defective | 18 | 18 |
„ choked | 15 | 19 |
„ untrapped | 4 | 3 |
„ unventilated or improperly ventilated | 8 | 4 |
Manhole cover defective | 4 | 13 |
Surface inlet improperly trapped | 4 | — |
Gully choked | 8 | 17 |
Ventilating pipe improperly constructed | 10 | 3 |
Soilpipe defective | 3 | — |
„ improperly constructed | 3 | 1 |
„ unventilated or improperly ventilated | 2 | — |
Water-closet choked | 32 | 54 |
„ defective | 63 | 76 |
„ flushed from drinking-water cistern | — | |
„ insufficiently flushed | 28 | 51 |
„ flushing apparatus defective | 45 | 56 |
„ without water supply | 24 | 7 |
„ foul | 26 | 52 |
„ improperly constructed | 6 | 1 |
„ accommodation insufficient | 30 | 36 |
„ without door | 18 | 22 |
„ without external light or ventilation | 1 | 4 |
Rainwater pipe not disconnected from drain or soilpipe | 2 | 2 |
„ defective | 32 | 36 |
„ choked | 6 | 9 |
Wastepipe not disconnected | — | — |
„ defective | 10 | 20 |
„ choked | 6 | 9 |
„ not provided | 2 | 6 |
Other drainage defects | 5 | 10 |
Cistern defective | 4 | 12 |
„ dirty | 86 | 78 |
„ improperly placed | — | — |
„ without proper cover | 5 | 12 |
„ cover defective | 23 | 18 |
Dustbin defective | 80 | 157 |
„ not provided | 4 | 18 |
„ insufficient | 11 | 2 |
„ disused and not abolished | 12 | 39 |
Paving defective in area or yard | 82 | 110 |
„ „ wash-house | 74 | 91 |
Guttering defective | 18 | 32 |
Premises damp | 7 | 24 |
„ dirty | 15 | 88 |
Rooms verminous | 280 | 387 |
Roof defective | 134 | 134 |
Accumulation of refuse | 15 | 12 |
Animals improperly kept | 8 | 11 |
Water supply to premises insufficient | 3 | 57 |
Other defects or nuisances | 29 | 123 |
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