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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TABLE 43. Report of the Work of the District Inspectors during the Year 1912.
| Quarters. | No. of Complaints received. | Inspection of Dwelling Houses. | Sanitary Works Completed in Dwelling Houses. | To Regulate Keeping of Animals. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drainage, &c. | Water Supply. | Dust Receptacles. | Miscellaneous. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| " House-to-House." | On Complaint or after Illness. | Cellar Dwellings. | Re-inspection of all kinds. | Entire Reconstruction. | Drains Relaid, Trapped, or Ventilated. | Drains Repaired and made Sound. | Waste-pipes Disconnected. | Rainwater-pipes Disconnected. | W.C., New Provided, Repaired, &c. | Soil-pipes, New Provided. | Soil-pipes Repaired. | Soil-pipes Ventilated. | Services Separated. | Supplies Reinstated. | Cisterns, New Provided. | Cisterns, Cleansed, Repaired, &c. | New Provided. | Repaired, &c. | Drains Cleared, Flushed, &c. | HousesorRooms Cleansed, Whitewashed, &c. | Cases of Overcrowding Abated. | Cellar Dwellings Closed. | Yards and Areas Paved and Drained. | Roofs Repaired. | Manure Receptacles Reconstructed, &c. | Accumulations Removed. | Improperly kept, Removed. | ||
| First | 136 | 5 | 471 | — | 3,746 | 35 | 36 | 21 | 68 | 35 | 106 | 26 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 13 | — | 1 | — |
| Second | 149 | 13 | 474 | — | 3,974 | 50 | 19 | 30 | 41 | 25 | 86 | 27 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 1 | — | 17 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 17 | — | 1 | 10 | 12 | — | 1 | — |
| tdird | 183 | 1 | 474 | — | 3,358 | 16 | 20 | £0 | 17 | 12 | 53 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 18 | 13 | — | 1 | 11 | 3 | — | 2 | - |
| Fourtd | 117 | 16 | 435 | — | 3,906 | 29 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 10 | 123 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 13 | — | 16 | 11 | — | 4 | — |
| Year | 585 | 35 | 1,854 | — | 14,984 | 130 | 93 | 98 | 171 | 82 | 368 | 88 | 23 | 37 | 42 | 10 | 6 | 54 | 46 | 11 | 59 | 96 | 14 | 3 | 55 | 39 | — | 8 | — |