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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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The owners of 83 premises accepted the Council's offer with regard to the spraying of infested
rooms with a special vermicidal solution, 139 rooms being so treated at a charge to the owners of
7s. 6d. per room.
Section 26 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1928, authorises the cleansing
of verminous persons by the exercise of powers granted by a petty sessional court in cases where the
verminous person does not consent to being removed to a cleansing station. No use was made of this
Section during the year.
COMPULSORY REMOVAL OF AGED, INFIRM OR DISEASED PERSONS.
By virtue of Section 28 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1928, it is possible
in London to remove to a hospital or infirmary, by compulsion and under certain circumstances,
aged, infirm, sick or physically incapacitated persons.
The circumstances which may enable an order for removal to be obtained are somewhat involved.
Unless the person concerned is suffering from disease it is necessary for the premises to be insanitary.
It is in all cases necessary as well to prove that the person is not receiving proper attention and that
removal is necessary in the interests of the affected person and of other persons.
In two cases orders of the Court were obtained for the removal of elderly persons to the Paddington
Hospital. Several other cases were dealt with by means of persuasion.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS, 1934.
| The results of the Summonses taken out during the year are summarised in the following tables:— | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premises. | Offence. | Fine. | Costs. | ||
| Public Health (London) Act, 1891. Section: 4. | £ | s. | d. | ||
| 1, Albion Mews East | Garage premises, occupied as a dwelling, without a water supply | Closing Order made by Magistrate | — | ||
| 12, Chippenham Mews | Roof defective, walls and ceilings of back room, kitchen and water-closet dirty and dilapidated | Orders made for requisite work to be executed' in 21 days | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 39, Clarendon Street | Roof defective | Work done. Summons withdrawn | — | ||
| 138, Harrow Road | Failing to reinstate water supply | Order made for water supply to be reinstated forthwith | — | ||
| " " | Failing to reinstate water supply as required by Magistrate's Order | £2 | — | ||
| " " | Failing to reinstate water supply | Closing Order made by Magistrate | — | ||
| Bye-laws Pursuant to Above and Other Acts. | |||||
| 56, Clarendon Street | Constructing a waste-pipe so as to discharge in a manner contrary to the Bye-laws | 10s. Defective work remedied | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| 29, Cornwall Road | Failing to cleanse water storage cistern | Summons dismissed under Probation of Offenders' Act | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 405, Edgware Road | Failing to give notice of intention to execute sanitary work | 10s. | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| " " | Constructing a sink with an untrapped waste- pipe | 10s. | — | ||
| " " | Constructing the waste-pipe from such sink so as to discharge in a manner contrary to the Bye-laws | 10s. | — | ||
| 82, Lancefield Street | Failing to abate overcrowding of two anterooms on first floor | Order made for overcrowding to be abated | — | ||
| 114, Ledbury Road | Staircase defective | Work done. Summons dismissed under Probation of Offenders Act | 0 | 2 | |
| 15, Northumberland Place | Failing to amend defective water-closet | £2 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| 181, Sutherland Avenue | Dustbin in a defective condition | New dustbin provided | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4, Warrington Gardens | Failing to give notice of intention to execute sanitary work | 5s. | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| 57, Woodchester Street | Absence of means for carrying off waste water from upper tap, sashcord of upper staircase window broken | Work done | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| - | Collecting offensive refuse during prohibited hours | £1 | — | ||
| London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1922. Section 10. | |||||
| 114, Ledbury Road | Second floor front and back rooms verminous.. | £1 | 0 | 10 | 6 |