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Paddington 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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D. Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing Act, 1936—
(1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which
Closing Orders were made 251
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which
Closing Orders were determined, the tenement or room having been
rendered fit 3
* Informal notices.
4.—Housing Act, 1936—Overcrowding.
(а) (1) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year 2,008
(2) Number of families dwelling therein 2,008
(3) Number of persons dwelling therein 8,8861/2 units
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year 76 (338 units)
(c) (1) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year 83
(2) Number of persons concerned in such cases 4021/2 units
(d) Particulars of any cases in which dwelling-houses have again become overcrowded
after the Local Authority have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding Nil
(e) Any other particulars with respect to overcrowding conditions upon which the
Medical Officer of Health may consider it desirable to report —
FOOD SUPERVISION.
Slaughterhouses.—There is one slaughterhouse within the Borough, at 275, Edgware Road.
Three hundred and twenty-two inspections were made during the year. The number of animals
slaughtered was 2,450, comprising 200 bullocks and 2,250 sheep, a decrease of four bullocks and 578
sheep as compared with 1936.
Caboases Inspected and Condemned.
| Cattle, excluding Cows. | Cows. | Calves. | Sheep and Lambs. | Pigs. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number killed | 200 | — | — | 2,250 | — |
| Number inspected | 200 | — | — | 2,250 | 84 |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
| Carcases of which some part or organ was condemned | 94 | — | — | 828 | — |
| Percentage of the number inspected aSected with disease other than tuberculosis | 47.0 | — | — | 36.8 | — |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
| Carcases of which some part or organ was condemned | 7 | — | — | — | 5 |
| Percentage of the number inspected affected with tuberculosis | 3.5 | — | — | — | 5.9 |
The following Table shows the number of organs destroyed, and the disease with which they were affected:—
| Bullocks. | Sheep. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heads. | Tongues. | Lungs. | Livers. | Mesenteries. | Stomachs. | Lungs. | Livers. | Hearts. | |
| Abscess | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Actinomycosis | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Blood aspiration | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cystercercus Tenui-collis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Distomum Hepaticum | — | — | 3 | 96 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Parasitic Invasion | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 823 | 77 | 59 |
| Pentastomum Denticulatum | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pleurisy | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tuberculosis | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 8 | 8 | 18 | 101 | 1 | 1 | 828 | 82 | 64 | |
Total weight, 2,267 lbs.
Pieces of meat, weighing in all 149 lbs., were also destroyed for various reasons.
In addition to the animals slaughtered in the licensed slaughterhouse, a number of pig carcases
arrive in the Borough which have not been previously inspected. During 1937 the number of carcases
was 84. On examination it was found necessary to destroy 5 heads and olfal weighing 70 lbs., all
affected with tuberculosis.