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Paddington 1867

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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Nuisances and Complaints.

The register book of nuisances and complaints contains 190 cases which admit of the following classification :

Defects of drainage and untrapped gulleys.41
„ „ water supply 5
Dirty state of premises, water closets, urinals, stagnant water, percolations, &c.25
Offensive trades, marine stores, frying of fish, amnioniacal liquor, bad meat, &c.13
Overcrowding and bad ventilation 7
The state of the dead house .2
Smoke nuisances8
Animals being kept, and noises from8
Smells from the Canal Basin .7
Accumulation and deposit of manure, garbage, refuse, dust, dung, &c.57
Smells from decaying substances.7
Miscellaneous other complaints.10
190

TABLE IV.

Summary of Sanitary Work for Quarter ending September 28tli, 1867.

I.—Inspections consequent on Nuisances, Com- , plaints, and Offensive and Injurious Trades.Houses and Places Inspected with respect to their Sanitary state314
Orders issued for Sanitary Works43
Works done81
Works in progrsss
Inspections of Offensive Trades44
„ Mews and Manure Wharves193
„ Cow-houses35
,, Slaughter-houses64
,, Bake-houses
„ Mortuary or Dead-house42
,, Provision Markets13
,, Churches, Chapels and Schools2
,, Factories, Work-rooms and other Public Institutions11
II.—Systematic Sanitary Inspection of Dwellingsf Houses and Treatises visited and inspected313
Re-inspections120
Orders issued for Sanitary WorksCO
Works executed120
III. — Attendances upon Magistrates, Surveyor, at thePoliceCourts,&c.Summonses2
For obtaining Summonses
„ hearing „
Letters written50
Fines and Penalties paid£5