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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 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1927.
Prevention of Infectious Disease.
All Diseases, Enquiries by—
District Inspectors 1,329
Women Inspectors and Health Visitors 5,062
Tuberculosis—Included in above—
Women Inspectors 2,191
Patients removed to Hospital—All Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis) 1,104
Rooms disinfected after-
Tuberculosis 255
Other Diseases 1,450
Weight of Bedding, etc., disinfected (tons) 25¾
School Notices issued—
Measles, Whooping Cough, Chicken Pox 1,646
Other Diseases 1,688
Bacteriological Examinations for—
Diphtheria 1,154
Typhoid Fever 11
Tuberculosis 496
Sanitary Work—Cutting-off of Water Supplies.
Notices received 7
Referring to Inhabited Premises 4
Empty „ 2
Other „ 1
Reasons for—Rates unpaid 7
Defective fittings —
Mortuary.
Bodies deposited, total 331
,, „ for inquests 177
„ „ pending burial, infectious —
„ „ „ „ other 154
P.M. examinations made 120
Trade Nuisances.
Offensive Smells—Complaints 17
Accumulations of Manure 11
Smoke—Complaints 18
„ Premises watched 23
„ „ „ Hours of observation 172¼
„ Duration of smoke (hours), including 75¾
„ „ black smoke 4¾
Office (Clerical) Work.
Letters received 5,562
„ despatched 6,020
Entries in Postage Book 12,243
Certificates dealt with relating to Infectious Disease (including Tuberculosis) 3,083
Notices sent re above 7,473
Entries in Birth Register 2,175
Complaints received 1,206
Plans dealt with 290
New openings in Journals 230
Disinfection Orders 1,411
Notices to abate nuisances, etc. 1,011