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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REPORT
Vestry Hall, Paddington,
16th July, 1864.
Gentlemen,
In compliance with the requirements
of the 198th Section of the "Metropolis Local
Management Act," I have the honor to submit my
Eighth Annual Report of the Works executed in
the Sewers Department from the 25th March,
1863, to the 25th March, 1864, inclusive.
During the past year seventy Notices have
been received for the erection of 393 New Buildings,
viz.:— one Factory, 316 Houses, and seventysix
Stables, in compliance with the requirements
of the 76th Section of the "Metropolis Local
Management Actand thirty-six applications
have been made and granted for the re-construction
of Drains under the public footpaths and roadways
to forty-four Houses and Premises. These
were rendered necessary in consequence of Notices
issued by the Sanitary and Public Health Com-