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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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The Council are co-operating with the London County Council in improving the home conditions
of certain families, who, at first view, do not appear to come up to the standard it is desired to maintain
on London County Council Estates. If at the end of a period of, say, three months the families haave
improved their standard of living to such an extent that they would appear to prove satisfactory
tenants, an opportunity is given them of making further application for accommodation.
Defects, Nuisances and Contraventions of Bye-laws (other than items of Dilapidation) Discovered and Remedied in Registered Tenement Houses.
| 1933 | |
|---|---|
| Drain defective | 10 |
| „ choked | 23 |
| „ not properly ventilated or ventilating pipe defective | 18 |
| Manhole cover defective | 6 |
| Gully choked | 4 |
| Soil pipe defective | 1 |
| Water-closet defective | 41 |
| „ choked | 8 |
| „ without sufficient flush | 4 |
| „ flushing apparatus defective | 42 |
| „ foul | 11 |
| „ improperly constructed | — |
| „ accommodation insufficient | — |
| „ without door, door defective, or without proper fastenings | 50 |
| Rain-water pipe defective | 17 |
| „ choked | 3 |
| Guttering defective | 21 |
| Waste pipe defective | 18 |
| „ choked | 7 |
| „ untrapped | 2 |
| „ not provided or missing | 6 |
| Sink defective or not provided | 3 |
| Other drainage defects | — |
| Cistern defective | 6 |
| „ dirty | 16 |
| „ without proper cover or cover defective | 14 |
| Dustbin defective | 93 |
| „ not provided | — |
| „ insufficient | — |
| „ disused and not abolished | _ |
| Paving of yard or area defective | 39 |
| „ washhouse defective | 19 |
| Premises damp | 35 |
| Rooms, etc., dirty (including staircases, washhouses, water-closets, yards, areas, etc.) | 1,372 |
| „ verminous | 134 |
| „ contents, bedding, etc., dirty | - |
| „ not provided with a window opening directly to the external air | - |
| Chimney smoky | 13 |
| Food cupboards not provided | — |
| Windows defective including cords and fastenings out of repair | 296 |
| Roof defective | 150 |
| Common staircases out of repair | 51 |
| Staircases without sufficient handrail | — |
| Animals improperly kept | — |
| Accumulation of refuse (not offensive) | 34 |
| Premises without water, or supply insufficient | 16 |
| Any other defects, etc. | 50 |
Notices Issued.
| Written Intimations | 342 |
| Statutory Notices | 104 |
| Bye-law „ | 474 |
| Notices under L.C.C. (G.P.) Acts— | |
| Verminous rooms | 75 |
| Additional taps | 16 |
Items of Dilapidation for which Letters were sent to the Owners (Section 17 or the Housing Act, 1930).
| Wall-plaster broken, bulging, or defective.. | 59 |
| Matchboarding defective | 2 |
| Wall-paper loose | — |
| Skirting defective | 3 |
| Doors defective or missing | 40 |
| Locks defective | 8 |
| Ceiling plaster defective | — |
| Ceiling paper loose | — |
| Floors broken or badly worn | — |
| Stoves defective (including fire tiles burnt away, bars broken or missing, oven plates burnt through, oven doors defective or missing, plates broken or missing) | 66 |
| Stove settings defective | — |
| Flues defective | 7 |