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Paddington 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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| Hearths defective | 7 |
| Chimney-pieces loose or defective (including jambs, frieze, or mantel broken, loose, or missing) | 15 |
| Cupboard doors defective or missing and shelves missing | 6 |
| Window-sashes defective (including sash or sash-bars broken, rotten or defective, beads missing or defective, putties defective) | 49 |
| Window-frames loose or defective (including oak sills worn or rotten) | 7 |
| Window-glass broken | 100 |
| Copper brickwork defective, furnace pan leaky, furnace door missing or defective, setting defective, flue smoky or defective | 47 |
| Steps to front entrance or area defective | 4 |
| Railing to area or area steps defective | 5 |
| Guard rails to addition roofs defective, broken or rotten | 2 |
| Rubbish or refuse in yard, washhouse, vault, area, under-basement, etc. | 9 |
| Vault doors missing or defective | 12 |
HOUSING.
(Ministry of Health Table.)
| 1.—Inspection of Dwelling-houses during the Year. | ||
| (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 or in course of "house-to-house" inspections | 1,220 | Inspections made 14,131 |
| (b) Registered tenement houses inspected | 230 | 2,726 |
| (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 underthe preceding sub-heading) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation | — | |
| 2.—Remedy of Defects during the Year without Service of formal Notices. | ||
| Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers | No record. | |
| 3.—Action under Statutory Powers during the Year. | ||
| A. Proceedings under Sections 17, 18 and 23 of the Housing Act, 1930— | ||
| (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs | *90 | |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit— | ||
| 78 | ||
| — | ||
| B. Proceedings under Public Health Acts— | ||
| (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 1,108 | |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after service of formal notices— | ||
| 1,205 | ||
| (b) by Local Authority in default of owners | — | |
| C. Proceedings under Sections 19 and 21 of the Housing Act, 1930— | ||
| (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made | - | |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders | — | |
| D. Proceedings under Section 20 of the Housing Act, 1930— | ||
| (1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made | 10 | |
| (2) Number of separate tenements of underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement or room having been rendered fit | 1 | |
* Informal notices.
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
1933.
Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Occupiers prosecuted. | |
| Factories (including factory laundries) | 927 | 2 | - |
| Workshops (including workshop laundries) | 1,055 | 2 | - |
| Workplaces (other than outworkers' premises) | 338 | — | — |
| Total | 2,320 | 4 | — |