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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1930.
Prevention of Infectious Disease.
All Diseases, Enquiries by—
District Inspectors 1,891
Women Inspectors and Health Visitors 6,342
Tuberculosis—Included in above—
Women Inspectors 1,463
Patients removed to Hospital—All Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis) 1,211
Rooms disinfected after—
Tuberculosis 202
Other Diseases 1,069
Weight of Bedding, etc., disinfected (tons) 30
School Notices issued—
Measles, Whooping Cough, Chicken-pox 3,414
Other Diseases 817
Bacteriological Examinations for—
Diphtheria 1,426
Typhoid Fever 8
Tuberculosis 350
Sanitary Work—Cutting-off of Water Supplies.
Notices received 2
Referring to Inhabited Premises 1
Empty „ —
Other „ 1
Reasons for—Rates unpaid 2
Defective fittings —
Mortuary.
Bodies deposited, total 341
„ „ for inquests 181
„ „ pending burial, infectious —
„ ,, „ ,, other 77
P.M. examinations made 134
Trade Nuisances.
Offensive Smells—Complaints 16
Accumulations of Manure 13
Smoke— Complaints 15
„ Premises watched 34
„ ,, „ Hours of observation 58¾
„ Duration of smoke (hours), including 34½
„ „ black smoke 1½
Office (Clerical) Work.
Letters received 4,713
„ despatched 5,530
Entries in Postage Book 11,997
Certificates dealt with relating to Infectious Disease (including Tuberculosis) 4,835
Notices sent re above 8,074
Entries in Birth Register 2,305
Complaints received 1,425
Plans dealt with 307
New openings in Journals 299
Disinfection Orders 1,322
Notices to abate nuisances, etc. 892