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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Overcrowding.
| 1929. | |
|---|---|
| 6 | |
| 9 | |
| 46 | |
| 16 | |
| 10 and upwards | 30 |
| 1 | |
| — | |
| 1 | |
| 4 |
Notices Issued.
| Written Intimations | 704 |
| Statutory Notices | 171 |
| Bye-law „ | 746 |
| Notices under L.C.C. (G.P.) Acts— | |
| Verminous rooms | 25 |
| Additional taps | — |
| Abolition of old dustbins | — |
| 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 | 130 |
| Matchboarding defective | 3 |
| Wall-paper loose | 19 |
| Skirting defective | 3 |
| Doors defective or missing | 35 |
| Locks defective | 39 |
| Ceiling plaster defective | |
| Ceiling paper loose | 23 |
| Floors broken or badly worn | 72 |
| Stoves defective (including fire tiles burnt away, bars broken or missing, oven plates burnt through, oven doors defective or missing, plates broken or missing) | 307 |
| Stove settings defective | 5 |
| Flues defective | — |
| Hearths defective | 44 |
| Chimney-pieces loose or defective (including jambs, frieze, or mantle broken, loose, or missing) | 70 |
| Cupboard doors defective or missing and shelves missing | |
| Window-sashes defective (including sash or sash-bars broken, rotten or defective, beads missing or defective, putties defective) | 123 |
| Window-frames loose or defective (including oak sills worn or rotten) | 30 |
| Window-glass broken | 183 |
| Copper brickwork defective, furnace pan leaky, furnace door missing or defective, setting defective, flue smoky or defective | 138 |
| Steps to front entrance or area defective | 7 |
| Railing to area or area steps defective | 9 |
| Guard rails to addition roofs defective, broken or rotten | 9 |
| Rubbish or refuse in yard, washhouse, vault, area, under-basement, etc. | 10 |
| Vault doors missing or defective | 13 |
HOUSING
(Ministry of Health Table)
Number of New Houses Erected During the Year.
| 1 | |
| (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 | 2,396 |
| (b) Registered tenement houses inspected | 983 |
| — | |
| (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. |