Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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Date. | Poor. | Lighting. | General. | Sewers. | Metropolis Main Drainage. | Church. | Total. | |
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Locality. | No. of Houses. | Drains constructed. | Drains repaired. | Drains trapped. | Cesspools abolislied. | Cesspools cleansed. | Water Closets provided withPans& Water. | New Water Closets constructed. | Closets supplied with Water. | Dust-Bins constructed. | Dust-Bins repaired. | Pavement constructed. | Pavement relaid. | Water-Receptacles provided. | Water-Receptacles repaired. | New Water supply. | General Repairs. | Cleansing and Lime-washing. | Ventilation. |
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Locality. | No. of Houses. | Drains constructed. | Drains repaired. | Drains trapped. | Cesspools abolished. | Cesspools cleansed. | Water Closets provided withPans& Water. | New Water Closets constructed. | Closets supplied with Water. | Dust-Bins constructed. | Dust-Bins repaired. | Pavement constructed. | Pavement relaid. | Water-Receptacles provided. | Water-Receptacles repaired. | New Water supply. | General Repairs. | Cleansing and Lime-washing. | Ventilation. |
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Locality. | No. of Houses. | Drains constructed. | Drains repaired. | Drains trapped. | Cesspools abolislied. | Cesspools cleansed. | Water Closets provi-ded with Pans & Water. | New Water Closets constructed. | Closets supplied with Water. | Dust-Bins constructed. | Dust-Bins repaired. | Pavement constructed. | Pavement relaid. | Water-Receptacles provided. | Water-Receptacles repaired. | J New Water supply. | General repairs. | Cleansing and Lime-washing. | Ventilation. |
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Locality. | No. of Houses. | Drains constructed. | Drains repaired. | Drains trapped. | Cesspools abolished. | Cesspools cleansed. | Water Closets provided with Pans& Water. | New Water Closets constructed. | Closets supplied with Water. | Dust-Bins constructed. | Dust-Bins repaired. | Pavement constructed. | Pavement relaid. | Water-Receptacles provided. | Water-Receptacles repaired. | New Water supply. | General Repairs. | Cleansing and Lime- washing. | Ventilation. |
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Locality. | No. of Houses. | Drains constructed. | Drains repaired. | Drains trapped. | Cesspools abolished. | Cesspools cleansed. | Water Closets provided withPans& Water. | New Water Closets constructed. | Closets supplied with Water. | Dust-Bins constructed. | Dust-Bins repaired. | Pavement constructed. | Pavement relaid. | Water-Receptacles provided. | Water-Receptacles repaired. | New Water supply. | General Repairs. | Cleansing and Lime-washing. | Ventilation. |
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Locality. | No. of Houses. | Drains constructed. | Drains repaired. | Drains trapped. | Cesspools abolished. | Cesspools cleansed. | Water Closets provided with Pans& Water. | New Water Closets constructed. | Closets supplied with Water. | Dust-Bins constructed. | Dust-Bins repaired. | Pavement constructed | Pavement relaid. | Water-Receptacles provided. | Water-Receptacles repaired. | New Water supply. | General Repairs. | Cleansing and Lime-washing. | Ventilation. |
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POOR RATE ACCOUNT. | |||||||
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SEWERS RATE AC COUNT. | |||||||
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New Streets taken to. | Streets paved under 105th Sec. of the Metropolis Local Management Act. | Gravel Footways paved. | Granite Crossings laid down. | Old Footways repaved. | Old Gravel Footways protected by a Granite Kerb. | ||||||||||||
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MILES. | FUR. | YDS. | MILES. | FUR. | YDS. | MILES. | FUR. | YDS. | MILES. | FUR. | YDS. | MILES. | FUR. | YDS. | MILES. | FUR. | YDS. |
New Brick Sewers constructed at the expense of the Vestry. | Pipe Sewer constructed at the expense of the Vestry. | Underpinning to old Sewers, and laying new stoneware Inverts to ditto, at the expense of the Vestry. | New Brick Sewers constructed at the expense of the Owners. | Number of New Gullies constructed. | Number of Gullies cleansed. | ||||
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FEET. | INS. | FEET. | INS. | FEET. | INS. | FEET. | INS. | 166 | 1184 |
1264 | — | 740 | — | 3964 | — | 1963 | — |
Number of Houses inspected. | Number of New Drains constructed to Houses. | Number of House-Drains amended or repaired. | Number of Cesspools abolished. | Number of Cesspools cleansed. |
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Population in 1861. | Births. | Deaths. | Vaccinations. |
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