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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92 proceedings during 1914.
TABLE XII.
PROCEEDINGS DURING 1914.
LC.C.
Premises.
Number of Places—
Number
of
Inspections,
1914.
Number
of
Notices,
1914.
Number
of Prosecutions,
1914.
On Register
at end of
1913.
Added
in
1914.
Removed
in
1914.
On Register
at end of
1914.
Milk premises
123
6
10
119
164
...
4*
Cowsheds ...
1
...
...
1
4
...
...
Slaughter-houses ...
7
...
...
7
380
...
...
Other offensive trade
premises
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Ice cream premises
116
io
6
120
114
2
...
Registered houses let
in lodgings
1,376
60
11
1,425
8,781
(a)
13
(a)
1
(b)
2,631
(b)
2
(a) For overcrowding. (b) For other conditions (.including annual cleansing).
Total number of intimation notices served for all purposes 793
Overcrowding, 1914—
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 197
Number remedied 80
Number of prosecutions 1
Underground rooms—
Illegal occupations dealt with during year 115
Number of rooms closed 115
Insanitary houses—
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 —
Number closed under the Housing Acts 5
Number of premises cleansed under Sec. 20 of the L.C.C. (General Powers) Act,
1904 355
Shelters provided under Sec. 60 (4) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891—
Number of persons accommodated during the year —
Revenue Acts—
Number of houses for which applications were received during year 5
Number of tenements comprised therein 17
((a) granted 2
Number of tenements for which certificates were (b) refused
( (c) deferred 15
Number of prosecutions under By-laws under Public Health Act, 1891—
(a) For prevention of nuisance arising from snow, ice, salt, filth, &c. —
(b) For prevention of nuisance arising from offensive matter running out of any
manufactory, &c. —
(c) For the prevention of keeping of animals in such a manner as to be injurious
to health —
(d) As to paving of yards, &c., of dwelling houses —
(e) In connection with the removal of offensive matter, &c. —
(f) As to cesspools and privies, removal and disposal of refuse, &c. —
(g) For securing the cleanliness of tanks, cisterns, &c. —
(h) With respect to water closets, earth closets, &c. -
(i) With respect to sufficiency of water supply to water closets —
(j) With respect to drainage, &c. (Metropolis Management Act, Sec. 202) —
(k) With respect to deposit of plans as to drainage, &c. (Metropolis Management
Acts Amendment (By-laws) Act, 1899) 1
Mortuaries—
Total number of bodies removed 321
Total number of infectious bodies removed 3
*Three summonses for selling milk without being registered, and one for selling milk from infected premises.