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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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The annual number of cases attending for treatment for vermin also declined steadily, as is shown by the following
figures :—
1945 337
1946 370
1947 196
1948 137
In my last Annual Report disappointment was expressed that no progress had been made with the proposed new
Disinfecting Station and Medicinal Baths at 186, Kensal Road. Another year has passed without the necessary consents
being given to this project, and it seems unlikely that action can be expected in the near future.
smoke nuisance.—Two complaints were received under this heading, and advice was given by the Sanitary
Inspector as to means to be adopted to reduce the quantity and density of smoke to a minimum. Much depends,
of course, on the quality of the fuel used for firing, and it is not always of the best. An offence against the Byelaws is
deemed to have been committed when " black " smoke is omitted from an industrial chimney for an aggregate of two
minutes in any period of thirty minutes.
| Premises | Number on Register | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written notices | Occupiers prosecuted | ||
| (i) Factories in which Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities | 121 | 31 | 3 | — |
| (ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority ... | 556 | 293 | 17 | — |
| (iii) Other Premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding out-workers' premises) | 2 | — | — | — |
| TOTAL | 679 | 324 | 20 | — |
| Particulars of Defects | Number of cases in which defects were found | Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Ref To H.M. Inspector | irred By H.M. Inspector | ||
| Want of cleanliness (S.l) | 30 | 28 | — | 1 | — |
| Overcrowding (S.2) | 2 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Unreasonable temperature (S.3) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Inadequate ventilation (S.4) | 5 | 5 | — | — | — |
| Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6) | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sanitary Conveniences (S.7) (a) Insufficient | 4 | 3 | — | 3 | — |
| (6) Unsuitable or defective | 51 | 49 | — | 5 | — |
| (c) Not separate for sexes | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | — |
| Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to Outwork) | — | — | — | — | — |
| TOTAL | 95 | 88 | 2 | 11 | |