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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 1926

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

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Table: Prevention of Infectious Disease. 1926.

Prevention of Infectious Disease. 1926.

All Diseases, Enquiries by—
District Inspectors1,285
Women Inspectors and Health Visitors8,692
Tuberculosis—Included in above—
Women Inspectors1,829
Patients removed to Hospital—All Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis)1,125
Rooms disinfected after—
Tuberculosis245
Other Diseases1,784
Weight of Bedding, etc., disinfected (tons)23
School Notices issued—
Measles, Whooping Cough, Chicken Pox4,277
Other Diseases760
Bacteriological Examinations for—
Diphtheria1,208
Typhoid Fever7
Tuberculosis452

Table: Sanitary Work—Cutting-off of Water Supplies.

Sanitary Work—Cutting-off of Water Supplies.

Notices received16
Referring to Inhabited Premises13
Empty „2
Other ,,1
Reasons for—Rates unpaid12
Defective fittings4

Table: Mortuary.

Mortuary.

Bodies deposited, total315
„ „ for inquests227
,. „ pending burial, infectious—
„ ,, „ „ other88
P.M. examinations made98

Table: Trade Nuisances.

Trade Nuisances.

Offensive Smells—Complaints30
Accumulations of Manure15
Smoke—Complaints13
„ Premises watched12
„ „ „ Hours of observation73½
,, Duration of smoke (hours), including36
„ „ black smoke4¾

Table: Office (Clerical) Work.

Office (Clerical) Work.

Letters received6,140
,, despatched6,110
Entries in Postage Book12,710
Certificates dealt with relating to Infectious Disease (including Tuberculosis)4,861
Notices sent re above8,181
Entries in Birth Register2,266
Complaints received1,479
Plans dealt with323
New openings in Journals257
Disinfection Orders1 888
Notices to abate nuisances, etc.758