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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Cupboard shelves missing 3
Window-sashes defective (including sash or sash-bars broken, rotten or defective, beads missing or defective,
putties defective) 347
Window-frames loose or defective (including oak sills worn or rotten) 103
Window-glass broken 410
Copper brickwork defective, furnace pan leaky, furnace door missing or defective, setting defective, flue
smoky or defective 130
Steps to front entrance or area defective 25
Bailing to area or area steps defective 12
Guard rails to addition roofs defective, broken or rotten 9
Rubbish or refuse in yard, washhouse, vault, area, under-basement, etc. 22
Vault doors missing or defective 30
Defects Found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of offences in respect to which Prosecutions were instituted. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied | Referred to h.m. Inspector. | ||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:*— | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 101 | 97 | — | — |
| Want of ventilation | 8 | 8 | — | — |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — |
| Other nuisances | 2 | — | — | — |
| Insufficient Sanitary accommodation unsuitable or defective not separate for sexes | 3 | 1 | _ | __ |
| 2 | 1 | - | — | |
| — | — | - | — | |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts:— Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | - | - | -_ | - |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921.) | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Total | 118 | 108 | — | — |
| * Including those specified in Sections 2,3,7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts. | ||||
At the end of 1935 there were 996 premises on the Register. During 1936, 141 premises were
removed from the Register and 43 added, making the total at the end of the year 898.
The Department reported to the Home Office 6 cases in which the prescribed abstract of the
Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, was not displayed, and received from that Office notice of 8 workshops,
4 of which were already known to the Department.
Homework (Outworkers).—Local employers of outworkers sent in 14 lists in February and 14
in August. These lists contained 222 names and addresses of which 191 were forwarded to other
districts. From other districts 218 addresses within the Borough were received.
No instances were discovered during the year of outwork being carried on in unwholesome premises
(Section 108).
Supervision.—There were during the year 638 inspections, comprising 225 of factories, 389
of workshops and 24 of workplaces.
There were 118 nuisances or defects found upon registered premises, nearly all of which were
remedied during the year, the majority being remedied on verbal request. The defects found are
shown in the above Table.
The Home Office forwarded 9 complaints, which comprised:—
Sanitary conveniences not separate for sexes 2
Other offences 7
Bakehouses.—During the year 1 level bakehouse was opened, the total number on the Register
at the end of the year being 69, of which 51 were factory bakehouses. The number of level bakehouses
was 30 (15 being factories), and of underground 39 (36 being factories).
The bakehouses were inspected on 324 occasions during the year.
Rag Flock.—Little, if any, rag flock is used in the Borough, and no samples were taken during
the year.