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ADMINISTRATION.
GENERAL.
Staff of the Department.—Mr. C. Binding resigned from the office of Sanitary Inspector on December
31st, 1926. Mr. G. Frost was appointed Junior Clerk on May 3rd, 1926.
Prevention of Infectious Disease.—Visits of inquiry after notification of infectious disease numbered
8,148. This figure excludes visits in connection with tuberculosis, which are recorded elsewhere in
this report.
The removals to hospitals and other institutions for various diseases other than tuberculosis
numbered 1,125.
In connection with the arrangement between the Council and the Paddington and St. Marylebone
District Nursing Association, 272 patients (comprising 200 cases of measles, 62 of pneumonia, 4 of
whooping-cough, and 6 of ophthalmia neonatorum) were visited in their homes by the nurses of the
Association. The visits paid to such patients numbered 2,822.
Disinfection.—The rooms disinfected after infectious disease numbered 2,029, including 245
rooms disinfected after tuberculosis.
The weight of bedding, etc., removed for disinfection at the Wood Lane Disinfecting Station,
under the agreement with the Kensington Borough Council, amounted to 23 tons.
One hundred and fifty-one library books were disinfected.
Schools.—A total of 5,037 notices relating to cases of infectious disease were despatched to the
Head Teachers of the various schools attended by patients or their "contacts," 4,277 of such notices
referring to cases of measles, whooping-cough and chickenpox, and the remainder to cases of diphtheria,
scarlet fever and other notifiable diseases. In addition 345 reports were sent to the Medical Officers
of Health of other boroughs in connection with cases attending outlying schools.
Bacteriological Work.—The Council have an arrangement with the Lister Institute of Preventive
Medicine, Chelsea Bridge Road, S.W. 1, for the bacteriological examination, at the expense of the
Council, of specimens sent by medical practitioners of Paddington patients suspected to be suffering
from diphtheria or typhoid fever.
All specimens are collected at the Town Hall and transmitted to the Lister Institute by special
messenger the same evening. The results are generally available the next morning, and are telephoned
to the medical practitioner concerned.
Examinations of sputa from patients suspected to be suffering from tuberculosis of the lungs are
undertaken by the Paddington Tuberculosis Dispensary, 20, Talbot Road, under an arrangement
which came into operation early in the year.

House Drainage.—During the year 210 existing drains were tested and found water-tight, 164
defective drains were reconstructed and 14 made sound by special process.
Reconstruction Plans.—Three-hundred and twenty-three plans (323) were submitted for drainage
works in existing buildings. In connection therewith 792 letters were despatched.
One summons was issued for failure to supply plans, but the plans were received before the date
of hearing, and the case was disposed of by the defendant being ordered by the magistrate to pay
£1 Is. Od. costs.
Combined Drainage.—Orders were made under Section 74 of the Metropolis Management
Act, 1855, with respect to new drainage systems to which the following groups of houses were to be
connected:—
Portsea Mews, Nos. 5 and 6.
Hyde Park Place, Nos. 22 and 23.
Wharves, North Side, 3 new sheds at rear of Nos. 11 and 12.
Elgin Avenue, Garage at rear of No. 131.
Harrow Road, Nos. 107 and 109, and Nos. 498 and 500.