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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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| Overcrowding. | 1928 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tenements overcrowded | — | |
| Rooms overcrowded | — | |
| Occupants, total | — | |
| Under 10 | — | |
| 10 and upwards | — | |
| Overcrowding abated— | ||
| By re-arrangement | — | |
| By voluntary removal | — | |
| Under notice | — | |
| Cases held over | — | |
| Notices Issued. | ||
| Written Intimations | 775 | |
| Statutory Notices | 168 | |
| Bye-law ,, | 677 | |
| Notices under L.C.C. (G.P.) Acts— | ||
| Verminous rooms | 26 | |
| Additional taps | — | |
| Abolition of old dustbins | 1 | |
| Provision of cooking ranges | — | |
| Items of Dilapidation for which Letters were sent to the Owners (Section 3 of the Housing Act, 1925). | ||
| Wall-plaster broken, bulging, or defective | 151 | |
| Matchboarding defective | 6 | |
| Wall-paper loose | 27 | |
| Skirting defective | 18 | |
| Doors defective or missing | 44 | |
| Locks defective | 61 | |
| Ceiling plaster defective | 52 | |
| Ceiling paper loose | 21 | |
| Floors broken or badly worn | 110 | |
| Stoves defective (including fire tiles burnt away, bars broken or missing, oven plates burnt through, oven doors defective or missing, plates broken or missing) | 223 | |
| Stove settings defective | 2 | |
| Flues defective | 13 | |
| Hearths defective | 51 | |
| Chimney-pieces loose or defective (including jambs, frieze, or mantle broken, loose, or missing) | 39 | |
| Cupboard doors defective or missing and shelves missing | 28 | |
| Window-sashes defective (including sash or sash-bars broken, rotten or defective, beads missing or defective, putties defective) | 151 | |
| Window-frames loose or defective (including oak sills worn or rotten) | 16 | |
| Window-glass broken | 124 | |
| Copper brickwork defective, furnace pan leaky, furnace door missing or defective, setting defective, flue smoky or defective | 140 | |
| Steps to front entrance or area defective | 18 | |
| Railing to area or area steps defective | 5 | |
| Guard rails to addition roofs defective, broken or rotten | 4 | |
| Rubbish or refuse in yard, washhouse, vault, area, under-basement, etc. | — | |
| Vault doors missing or defective | 3 | |
| HOUSING (Ministry of Health Table.) Number of New Houses Erected During the Year. | ||
| (a) Total | 4 | |
| (i.) By the Local Authority | Nil | |
| (ii.) By other bodies or persons | Nil | |
| Unfit Dwelling Houses. | ||
| I.—Inspection. | ||
| (1) Total number of dwelling houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | ||
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925— | ||
| (a) Houses inspected on complaint or after illness | 2,453 | |
| 1,004 | ||
| (c) Houses inspected under Housing Acts | — | |
| (3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | — | |
| (4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding sub-heading) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation | — | |
| II.—Remedy of Defects without Service of Notice. | ||
| Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers No record. | ||