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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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REPORT OF THE WORK OF THE DISTRICT INSPECTORS, 1918-1923.
TABLE 18.
Report of the Work of the District Inspectors, 1918—1923.
| Inspection of Dwelling Houses. | Sanitary Works completed in Dwelling Houses. | To Regulate Keeping of Animals. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Drainage, &c. | Water Supply. | Dust Receptacles. | Miscellaneous. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| YEARS. | No. of Complaints received. | " 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. | New Waste Pipes Provided. | Rain-water Pipes Disconnected. | W.C.'s, 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. | Houses or Rooms 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 |
| 1918 | 663 | — | 1,730 | — | 12,436 | 16 | 41 | 21 | 46 | 223 | 23 | 221 | 33 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 26 | — | 27 | 22 | 7 | 110 | 86 | 1 | 15 | 66 | 2 | 32 | 5 | |
| 1919 | 995 | — | 1,984 | 3 | 11,920 | 22 | 46 | 34 | 33 | 361 | 23 | 275 | 11 | 15 | 42 | 10 | 14 | — | 13 | 22 | 2 | 80 | 114 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 91 | — | 30 | — |
| 1920 | 1,328 | — | 2,243 | 15 | 10,035 | 35 | 55 | 26 | 38 | 368 | 31 | 360 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 9 | 5 | — | 21 | 54 | 12 | 66 | 136 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 107 | 3 | 19 | 2 |
| 1921 | 1,401 | — | 2,332 | — | 10,467 | 36 | 51 | 28 | 40 | 450 | 37 | 350 | 7 | 13 | 38 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 74 | 6 | 86 | 265 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 137 | 2 | 11 | — |
| 1922 | 1,139 | — | 2,020 | — | 10,875 | 58 | 52 | 49 | 11 | 410 | 52 | 449 | 66 | 26 | 28 | 8 | 9 | — | 36 | 111 | 5 | 90 | 619 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 180 | 1 | 12 | 3 |
| 1923 | 1,029 | — | 2,074 | — | 11,127 | 35 | 41 | 22 | 13 | 704 | 31 | 465 | 51 | 31 | 22 | — | 6 | 4 | 17 | 51 | 2 | 85 | 197 | — | — | 15 | 107 | 13 | 51 | — |