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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TABLE 17.
| Annual Averages. 1914-18. | Totals. | Annual Averages. 1914-18. | Totals. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922. | 1923. | 1922. | 1923. | ||||
| Prevention of Infectious Disease. | Mortuary. | ||||||
| All Diseases, Enquiries by— | Bodies deposited, total | 321 | 258 | 268 | |||
| District Inspectors | 3,704 | 1,675 | 1,234 | ||||
| Women Inspectors and Health Visitors | 7,172 | 8,114 | 6,252 | „ for inquests | 258 | 199 | 185 |
| Tuberculosis—Included in above— | „ „ pending burial, infectious | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Women Inspectors | 4,157 | 2,345 | 2,223 | ,, ,, ,, ,, other | 61 | 59 | 83 |
| Patients removed to Hospital—All Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis) | 618 | 1,354 | 928 | P.M. examinations made | 125 | 137 | 115 |
| Rooms disinfected after— Tuberculosis | 316 | 216 | 238 | Trade Nuisances. | |||
| Other Diseases | 3,300 | 3,845 | 2,037 | Offensive Smells—Complaints | 9(7)* | 9(8) | 10 (9) |
| Weight of Bedding, etc., Disinfected (tons) | 54 | 36 | 21 | Accumulations of Manure | 17(11) | 9(8) | 26(17) |
| Cost of same | £1,156 | £1,484 | £904 | Smoke—Complaints | 8 | 12 | 9 |
| School Notices issued— | „ Premises watched | 16 | 17 | 21 | |||
| Measles, Whooping Cough, Chickenpox Other Diseases | 3,377 | 4,457 | 2,643 | „ ,, Hours of observation | 106 | 286 | 185½ |
| 796 | 1,217 | 666 | Duration of smoke (hours), including | 63/4 | 835/6 | 627/12 | |
| Bacteriological Examinations for— | ,, black smoke | 23/4 | 101/3 | 31/1 ½ | |||
| Diphtheria | 540 | 462 | 533 | ||||
| Enteric Fever | 9 | — | 5 | ||||
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 9 | — | — | Canal Boats. | |||
| Tuberculosis | 215 | 302 | 343 | (1918.) | 241 | ||
| Sanitary Work. | On Register at end of year | 204 | 232 | ||||
| Cutting-off of Water Supplies. | (Averages.) | ||||||
| Notices received | 29 | 13 | 12 | Known to be using Canal Basin | 73 | 119 | 128 |
| Referring to Inhabited Premises | 15 | 10 | 4 | Inspections made | 135 | 72 | 102 |
| Empty „ | 10 | 3 | 3 | Infringements of Acts discovered | 15 | 42 | 15 |
| Other „ | 3 | — | 5 | Notices served | 12 | 20 | 15 |
| Reasons for—Rates unpaid | 10 | 9 | 10 | Children found on boats | 122 | 63 | 111 |
| Defective fittings | 8 | 4 | 2 | ||||
* To be read—9 Complaints relating to 7 premises.