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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS' WORK.—Following is a
summary of the work of the Public Health Inspectors. Further
details of their work in connection with Factories and Outworkers
is given in the Annex to the Report.
| Premises inspected as a result of complaints | 2,798 | (3,352) |
| Premises inspected in house to house visits | 27 | (98) |
| Premises inspected for action under the Housing Act (Sec. 9) | 52 | (21) |
| Premises inspected in connection with Certificates of Disrepair | 6 | (41) |
| Premises inspected in connection with improvement grants | 145 | (142) |
| Premises inspected in connection with making of Closing Orders | 309 | (208) |
| Premises inspected other than those noted above | 435 | (380) |
| Intimation notices under the Public Health (London) Act, 1936 | 440 | (733) |
| Statutory notices under the Public Health (London) Act, 1936 | 273 | (269) |
| Notices under the London County Council or Paddington Borough Council bye-laws | 145 | (185) |
| Notices under the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1954 | 46 | (77) |
| Notices under the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1955 | 20 | (—) |
| Notices under the Clean Air Act, 1956 | 35 | (69) |
| Notices under the Noise Abatement Act, 1960 | (1) | |
| Aged persons | 28 | (25) |
| Bakehouses | 61 | (96) |
| Basements (checking occupation) | 83 | (136) |
| Canal and House Boats | (—) | |
| Caravans | 1 | (—) |
| Clean Air Act | 1,643 | (2,190) |
| Dwelling houses | 14,428 | (21,158) |
| Factories | 72 | (211) |
| Fireguards Act | 5 | (11) |
| Hairdressers' establishments | 95 | (97) |
| Infectious disease | 150 | (88) |
| Miscellaneous calls | 190 | (63) |
| Outworkers | 119 | (171) |
| Overcrowding | 248 | (244) |
| Pet Animals Act | 14 | (9) |
| Rag and bone stores | (—) | |
| Rag Flock Act | (2) | |
| Rehousing applications | 49 | (76) |
| Restaurants and Caf'es | 629 | (1,567) |
| Rodent control | 296 | (299) |
| Shops | 963 | (260) |
| Smoke (observations made) | 117 | (119) |
| Town Planning | 266 | (262) |
| Vermin investigations | 359 | (439) |
The infectious disease visits are made in connection with
contacts of cases of smallpox or suspected smallpox.