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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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Table: 1929.Prevention of Infectious Disease.

1929.

Prevention of Infectious Disease.

All Diseases, Enquiries by—
District Inspectors2,362
Women Inspectors and Health Visitors6,858
Tuberculosis—Included in above—
Women Inspectors1,610
Patients removed to Hospital—All Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis)1,310
Rooms disinfected after—
Tuberculosis204
Other Diseases1,131
Weight of Bedding, etc., disinfected (tons)27
School Notices issued—
Measles, Whooping Cough, Chicken-pox2,591
Other Diseases671
Bacteriological Examinations for—
Diphtheria1,242
Typhoid Fever5
Tuberculosis422

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

Sanitary Work—Cutting-off of Water Supplies.

Notices received8
Referring to Inhabited Premises5
Empty „1
Other „2
Reasons forr—Rates unpaid6
Defective fittings2

Table: Mortuary.

Mortuary.

Bodies deposited, total420
„ „ for inquests196
„ „ pending burial, infectious—
„ „ „ „ other224
P.M. examinations made150

Table: Trade Nuisances.

Trade Nuisances.

Offensive Smells—Complaints24
Accumulations of Manure8
Smoke—Complaints9
„ Premises watched18
„ „ „ Hours of observation42¾
„ Duration of smoke (hours), including23¼
„ „ black smoke2

Table: Office (Clerical) Work.

Office (Clerical) Work.

Letters received4,741
„ despatched5,897
Entries in Postage Book11,950
Certificates dealt with relating to Infectious Disease (including Tuberculosis)4,112
Notices sent re above8,278
Entries in Birth Register2,170
Complaints received1,478
Plans dealt with282
New openings in Journals347
Disinfection Orders1,046
Notices to abate nuisances, etc.824