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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 1864

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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Tabular Statement of Inspections reported and Works of House Improvement
completed under the Orders of the Sanitary Committee, for the Year ending
25th March, 1865.
Houses inspected with reference to their Sanitary condition 956
Houses inspected with reference to Vaccination 1017
Cases of Vaccination reported 27
I. Systematic Inspections Works executed 220
Bakehouses inspected 76
Slaughter-houses under inspection during the year 33
Cow-houses ditto ditto ditto 34
II. Inspections consequent j Houses or other Premises visited 233
on Complaints Works executed 48
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Table: Tabular Statement of the principal Works executed under the Orders of the Highway Committee , for the Year ending 25th March, 1865.

Tabular Statement of the principal Works executed under the Orders of the Highway Committee , for the Year ending 25th March, 1865.

New Streets taken to.Streets paved under the Metropolis Local Management Acts.Gravel Footways paved.Granite Crossings laid down.Old Footways repaved.Mews repaved.
miles.fur.yds.mile.fur.yds.miles.fur.yds.miles.fur.yds.miles.fur.yds.miles.fur.yds.
413611102-193--151-4137-12
Total length of Parish Roadsmiles. 35fur. 7yds. 158

Table: Tabular Statement of the principal Works executed in the Sewers Departmentfor the Year ending March, 1865.

Tabular Statement of the principal Works executed in the Sewers Departmentfor the Year ending March, 1865.

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 Sandpits and Gullies cleansed.
feet.ins.feet.ins.feet.ins.feet.ins.1051705
799-----2760-
Cleansing Sewers.Number of Drains to New Houses, Stables, &c.No. of House Drains reconstructed under Footpath & Roadway.Total length of Drain Pipe.Number of Complaints received and attended to.Traps fixed to House Drains.
cube yds. of soil.228127miles.yards.183161
2262474
Total length of Sewers under the jurisdiction of the Vestry42¼Miles.