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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Defects, Nuisances and Contraventions of Bye-laws (other than items of Dilapidation) Discovered and Remedied in Registered Tenement Houses.
1935.
| Drain defective | 3 |
| ,, choked | 5 |
| ,, not properly ventilated or ventilating pipe defective | 13 |
| Manhole cover defective | 1 |
| Gully choked .. | 3 |
| Soil pipe defective | 2 |
| Water-closet defective | 10 |
| ,, choked | 7 |
| ,, without sufficient flush | — |
| ,, flushing apparatus defective | 25 |
| ,, foul | 11 |
| ,, improperly constructed | 1 |
| ,, accommodation insufficient | 2 |
| ,, without door, door defective, or without proper fastenings | 16 |
| Rain-water pipe defective | 19 |
| ,, choked | — |
| ,, untrapped | 10 |
| Wasto pipe defective | 11 |
| ,, choked | — |
| ,, untrapped | 1 |
| ,, not provided or missing | 12 |
| Sink defective or not provided | 26 |
| Other drainage defects | 2 |
| Cistern defective | 12 |
| dirty | 1 |
| ,, without proper cover or cover defeotive | — |
| Dustbin defective | 58 |
| ,, not provided | — |
| ,, insufficient | 6 |
| „ disused and not abolished | — |
| Paving of yard or area defective | 43 |
| ,, washhouse defective | 22 |
| Premises damp | 46 |
| Rooms, etc., dirty (including staircases, washhouses, water-closots, yards, areas, etc.) | 2125 |
| ,, verminous | 200 |
| ,, contents, bedding, etc., dirty | 8 |
| ,, not provided with a window opening directly to the external air | — |
| Chimney smoky | 12 |
| Food cupboards not provided | 28 |
| Windows defective including cords and fastenings out of repair | 208 |
| Roof defective | 164 |
| Common staircases out of repair | 41 |
| Staircases without sufficient handrail | 6 |
| Animals improperly kept | — |
| Accumulation of refuse (not offensive) | 16 |
| Premises withour water, or supply insufficient | 71 |
| Any other defects, etc. | 8 |
| Notices Issued. | |
| Written Intimations | 683 |
| Statutory Notices | 264 |
| Bye-law | 1062 |
| Notices under L.C.C. (G.P.) Acts— | |
| Verminous rooms | 199 |
| Additional taps | 71 |
| Items or Dilapidation for which Letters weresent to the Owners (Section 17 of the HousinoAct, 1930). | |
| Wall-plaster broken, bulging, or defective | 62 |
| Matchboarding defective | 1 |
| Wall-paper loose | 1 |
| Skirting defective | — |
| Doors defective or missing | 21 |
| Locks defective | 60 |
| Ceiling plaster defective | 21 |
| Ceiling paper loose | 2 |
| Floors broken or badly worn | 33 |
| Stoves defective (including fire tiles burnt away, bars broken or mining, oven plates burnt through, oven doors defective or missing, plates broken or missing) | 101 |
| Stovo settings defective | 5 |
| Flues defective | 12 |
| Hearths defective | 10 |
| Chimney-pieces loose or defective (including jambs, frieze, or mantel broken, loose, or missing) .. | 11 |
| Cupboard doors defective or missing and shelves missing | 5 |
| Window-sashes defective (including sash or sash-bars broken, rotten or defective, beads missing or defective, putties defective) | 110 |
| Window-frames loose or defective (including oak sills worn or rotten) | 52 |
| Window-glass broken | 82 |
| Copper brickwork defective, furnace pan leaky, furnace door missing or defective, setting defective, flue smoky or defective | 66 |
| Steps ot front entrance or area defective | 8 |
| Railing to area or area steps defective | 1 |
| Guard rails to addition roofs defective, broken or rotten | 2 |
| Rubbish or refuse in yard, washhouse, vault, area, under- basement, etc. | — |
| Vault doors missing or defective | 1 |