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Paddington 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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HOUSING.
TABLE 19.
Sanitary Defects Remedied in Tenement Houses.
| 1921. | 1922. | 1923. | 1921. | 1922. | 1923 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drain defective | 3 | 3 | 25 | Dustbin not provided | 36 | 10 | 9 |
| choked | 24 | 18 | 15 | „ insufficient | 5 | 31 | 15 |
| „ unventilated or improperly ventilated | 9 | — | 1 | „ disused and not abolished | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Manhole cover defective | 22 | 17 | 10 | Paving defective in area or yard | 192 | 220 | 113 |
| Gulley choked | 12 | 9 | 6 | ||||
| Ventilating pipe improperly constructed | 1 | 1 | — | „ „ wash- house | 138 | 110 | 77 |
| Soilpipe defective | — | 9 | 7 | Guttering defective | 39 | 50 | 12 |
| Water-closet choked | 50 | 33 | 27 | Premises damp | 41 | 62 | 53 |
| defective | 272 | 271 | 130 | Rooms, etc., dirty | 3,275 | 1,638 | 3,202 |
| „ insufficiently flushed | 13 | 8 | 19 | „ verminous | 344 | 204 | 162 |
| Roof defective | 251 | 387 | 272 | ||||
| „ flushing apparatus defective | 76 | 78 | 48 | Accumulation of refuse | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| Animals improperly kept Water supply to premises in | 32 | 16 | 10 | ||||
| „ without water supply | 32 | 29 | 12 | sufficient | 5 | 18 | 10 |
| Other defects or nuisances | 957 | 1,531 | 2,494 | ||||
| foul | 41 | 45 | 55 | ||||
| „ accommodation insufficient | 2 | 9 | 4 | Overcrowding. | |||
| Tenements overcrowded | 2 | 8 | 4 | ||||
| without door | 1 | — | — | Rooms overcrowded | 2 | 8 | 5 |
| without external light or ventilation Rainwater pipe not disconnected from drain | — | 1 | 3 | Occupants, total | 12 | 43 | 24 |
| Under 10 | 7 | 23 | 11 | ||||
| 10 and upwards | 5 | 20 | 13 | ||||
| Overcrowding abated— | |||||||
| By re-arrangement | 1 | — | — | ||||
| By voluntary removal | — | 2 | 1 | ||||
| or soilpipe | 1 | — | — | Under notice | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| „ „ defective | 55 | 50 | 34 | Cases held over | — | 1* | — |
| „ ,, choked | 5 | 14 | 6 | ||||
| Wastepipe defective | 21 | 21 | 22 | Notices Issued. | |||
| „ choked | 7 | 11 | 2 | Written Intimations | 518 | 735 | 553 |
| „ not provided | — | 1 | — | Statutory Notices | 142 | 240 | 154 |
| Other drainage defects | 10 | 34 | 10 | Bye-law „ | 2,369 | 2,309 | 1,771 |
| Cistern defective | 4 | 1 | 3 | Notices under L.C.C. (G.P.) | |||
| „ dirty | 17 | 13 | 16 | Acts— | |||
| „ without proper cover | 12 | 2 | 5 | Verminous rooms | 204 | 244 | 125 |
| „ cover defective | 23 | 15 | 12 | Additional taps | 4 | 18 | 8 |
| Dustbin defective | 228 | 147 | 86 | Abolition of old dustbins | 5 | 4 | 1 |
* This case resulted in a summons, which was adjourned five times, finally sine die