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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 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1931.
Prevention of Infectious Disease.
All Diseases, Enquiries by—
District Inspectors 1,376
Women Inspectors and Health Visitors 5,661
Tuberculosis—Included in above—
Women Inspectors 1,632
Patients removed to Hospital—All Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis) 1,180
Rooms disinfected after—
Tuberculosis 213
Other Diseases 867
Weight of Bedding, etc., disinfected (tons) 25
School Notices issued—
Measles, Whooping Cough, Chicken-pox 2,271
Other Diseases 757
Bacteriological Examinations for—
Diphtheria 1,202
Typhoid Fever 18
Tuberculosis 392
Sanitary Work—Cutting-off of Water Supplies.
Notices received 8
Referring to Inhabited Premises 7
„ Empty „ 1
Reasons for—Rates unpaid 8
Defective fittings
Mortuary.
Bodies deposited, total 530
„ „ for inquests 405
„ „ pending burial, infectious —
„ ,, ,, ,, other 29
P.M. examinations made 335
Trade Nuisances.
Offensive Smells—Complaints 24
Accumulations of Manure 6
Smoke— Complaints 13
„ Premises watched 23
„ „ „ Hours of observation 61½
„ Duration of smoke (hours), including 35
„ „ black smoke 51 minutes
Office (Clerical) Work.
Letters received 4,759
„ despatched 5,251
Entries in Postage Book 10,934
Certificates dealt with relating to Infectious Disease (including Tuberculosis) 4,107
Notices sent re above 7,244
Entries in Birth Register 2,143
Complaints received 1,270
Plans dealt with 327
New openings in Journals 298
Disinfection Orders 1,093
Notices to abate nuisances, etc. 719