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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 1866
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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SANITARY REPORT
FOR THE YEAR
1866-67.
BY
J. BURDON SANDERSON, M.D., F.R.S.,
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians,
Physician to the Hospital for Consumption, and Assistant Physician
to Middlesex Hospital.
LATE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
The following Rates have been levied:—
| Date. | Poor. | Lighting. | General. | Sewers. | Metropolis Main Drainage. | Church. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d. | d. | d. | d. | d. | d. | s. | d. | |
| April Rate, 1866 | 9 | 1½ | 4½ | 2½ | — | 9 | 1 | 6 |
| October Rate, 1866. | 8½ | l | 6 | 1 | 3½ | — | 1 | 8 |
| 1s. 5½d. | 2½d. | 10½d. | 3½d. | 3½d. | ½d. | 3 | 2 | |