[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of] page 72

Paddington 1914

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

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TABLE 45.

Sanitary Defects Remedied in Tenement House.

	1914.	1913.
Drain defective	13	12
„ choked	10	2
„ untrapped	—	1
„ unventilated or improperly ventilated	11	4
Manhole cover defective	9	5
Surface inlet improperly trapped	—	2
Gully choked	11	17
Ventilating pipe improperly constructed	—	1
Soilpipe defective	1	2
„ improperly constructed	—	—
„ unventilated or improperly ventilated	—	1
Water-closet choked	49	45
„ defective	123	72
„ insufficiently flushed	30	15
,, flushing apparatus defective	74	86
„ without water supply	44	28
„ foul	34	37
„ improperly constructed	1	2
„ accommodation insufficient	15	15
„ without door	11	24
„ without external light or ventilation	-	-
Rainwater pipe not disconnected from drain or soilpipe	-	-
,, defective	42	38
,, choked	20	2
Wastepipe defective	27	17
,, choked	19	7
„ not provided	2	1
Other drainage defects	10	8
Cistern defective	13	8
„ dirty	33	62
„ without proper cover	15	10
„ cover defective	15	19
Dustbin defective	85	147
„ not provided	10	12
„ insufficient	12	8
„ disused and not abolished	12	16
Paving defective in area or yard	78	185
,, ,, wash-house	90	41
Guttering defective	33	36
Premises damp	18	16
Rooms dirty	2,040	1,959
„ verminous	366	502
Roof defective	213	192
Accumulation of refuse	14	34
Animals improperly kept	18	5
Water supply to premises insufficient	29	37
Other defects or nuisances	336	107