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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 1868
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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Summary of Sanitary Work for the Year ending March 27th, 1869.
| I.—Inspections consequent on Nuisances, Complaints, and Offensive and Injurious Trades | Houses and Places Inspected with respect to their Sanitary state | 346 |
| Orders issued for Sanitary Works | 273 | |
| Works done | 228 | |
| Works in progress | 14 | |
| Inspections of Offensive Trades | 46 | |
| „ Mews and Manure Wharves | 384 | |
| „ Cow—houses | 147 | |
| „ Slaughter-houses | 158 | |
| „ Bake-houses | 90 | |
| „ Mortuary or Dead-house | 67 | |
| „ Provision Markets | 52 | |
| „ Churches, Chapels and Schools | 27 | |
| „ Factories, Work-rooms and other Public Institutions | 54 | |
| „ Small Pox Conveyance | 16 | |
| II. Systematic Sanitary In spection of Dwellings | Houses and Premises visited and inspected | 1177 |
| Re-inspections | 840 | |
| Orders issued for Sanitary Works | 556 | |
| Works executed | 523 |