[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of] page 114

Paddington 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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HOUSING.

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TABLE 58. Sanitary Defects Remedied in Tenement Houses.

	1912.	1913.
Drain defective	18	12
,, choked	19	2
„ untrapped	3	1
„ unventilated or improperly ventilated	4	4
Manhole cover defective	13	5
Surface inlet improperly trapped	—	2
Gully choked	17	17
Ventilating pipe improperly constructed	3	1
Soilpipe defective	—	2
„ improperly constructed	1	—
„ unventilated or improperly ventilated	—	1
Water-closet choked	54	45
„ defective	76	72
„ insufficiently flushed	51	15
,, flushing apparatus defective	56	86
„ without water supply	7	28
„ foul	52	37
,, improperly constructed	1	2
,, accommodation insufficient	36	15
„ without door	22	24
„ without external light or ventilation	4	_
Rainwater pipe not disconnected from drain or soilpipe	2	_
,, defective	36	38
,, choked	9	2
Wastepipe defective	20	17
,, choked	9	7
,, not provided	6	1
Other drainage defects	10	8
Cistern defective	12	8
„ dirty	78	62
„ without proper cover	12	10
„ cover defective	18	19
Dustbin defective	157	147
„ not provided	18	12
„ insufficient	2	8
,, disused and not abolished	39	16
Paving defective in area or yard	110	185
,, ,, wash-house	91	41
Guttering defective	32	36
Premises damp	24	16
Rooms dirty	1,488	1,959
,, verminous	387	502
Bedding, etc., verminous	–	11
Window defective	–	388
Copper „	–	136
Stove „	–	164
Roof „	134	192
Accumulation of refuse	12	34
Animals improperly kept	11	5
Water supply to premises insufficient	57	37
Other defects or nuisances	123	107