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Paddington 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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(a) Water-cJoset accommodation;
(b) Accommodation for the washing of clothes;
(c) Accommodation for the storage of food in a reasonably cool position with proper
ventilation from the external air wherever practicable, and with protection from dust
and flies;
(d) Accommodation for the preparation and cooking of food ;
and, where reasonably necessary, and so far as practicable, the owner shall provide separate accommodation
as specified in (a), (b), (c) and (d) for each such family.
For the present, however, this Bye-law is applicable only to a house which is decontrolled
throughout.
During the year steps continued to be taken to enforce the Bye-law in the case of every
decontrolled tenement house which came under the notice of the sanitary inspectors in the ordinary
course of their duties, and special attention was devoted to certain areas. Notices were served with
respect to 33 premises. In addition, wherever there appeared to be any likelihood of an empty house
being re-let in separate tenements to persons of the working classes, a letter was sent to the owner
calling attention to the Bye-law.
Annual Cleansing.—1,101 registered tenement houses were inspected during the year and
notices were served for the cleansing and other work found to be necessary.
COMMON LODGING HOUSES.
There are two common lodging houses in Kilburn Lane and one (Cecil House) in Harrow Road.
The number of beds for which each is licensed is as follows:—
268 and 720, Kilburn Lane: 60 beds for men.
272, 274 and 276, Kilburn Lane: 105 beds for men.
Cecil House, 179, Harrow Road: 69 beds for women and children.
During the year 124 inspections (including 32 night inspections) were made by the two Sanitary
Inspectors responsible for the supervision of these houses.
Two cases of notifiable illness and one death occurred among the occupants.
RENT AND MORTGAGE INTEREST (RESTRICTIONS) ACTS, 1920-1933.
Five applications for certificates were made, all of which were granted.
In several instances the attention of owners was called to the fact that rent books did not contain
the particulars required by the Acts, and in 4 cases legal proceedings were instituted, the results of
which are shown on page 68.
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. | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 57 | 61 | — | —_ | |
| Want of ventilation | — | — | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 6 | 2 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 4 | 7 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| 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.) | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 70 | 72 | — | — | |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable
under the Public Health Acts.