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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TABLE III.
Summary of Sanitary Work , Quarter ending June 27th, 1868.
| I.—Inspections consequent on Nuisances, Complaints, and Offensive and Injurious Trades. | Houses and Places Inspected with respect to their Sanitary State | 337 |
| Orders issued for Sanitary Works | 113 | |
| Works done | 97 | |
| Works in progress | 16 | |
| Inspections of Offensive Trades | 37 | |
| „ Mews and Manure Wharves | 164 | |
| „ Cow-houses | 14 | |
| „ Slaughter-houses | 28 | |
| „ Bake-houses | 7 | |
| „ Mortuary or Dead-house | 27 | |
| „ Provision Markets | 14 | |
| „ Churches, Chapels and schools | ||
| „ Factories, Work-rooms and other Public Institutions | 10 | |
| „ Small-Pox Conveyance | 5 | |
| II.—Systematic Sanitary Inspection of Dwellings | Houses and Premises visited and inspected | 353 |
| Re-inspections | 275 | |
| Orders issued for Sanitary Works | 203 | |
| Works executed | 201 | |
| Formal Orders issued by the Vestry | 2 | |
| III.— Attendances upon Magistrates, Surveyor, at the Police, Coroner's Courts, and Licensing Meetings. | Attendances | - |
| Summonses | 1 | |
| For obtaining Summonses | — | |
| „ hearing „ | — | |
| Letters written | 34 |
TABLE IV.
D eaths from Z ymotic and other D iseases during 13 weeks ending June 27,
1868.
| Weeks. ending | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria, Quinsy & Croup | Whooping Cough | Typhus, Infantile and other Fevers. | Carbuncle, Erysipelas and Pyæmia. | Dysentery and Diarrhoea. | Cholera. | Phthisis and Tubercular Dis. | Bronchitis and Pneumonia. | Other Diseases. | Accidents and Violent Deaths. | Deaths in | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. John. | St. Mary's. | |||||||||||||||
| April 4. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 6 | 2 | 8 | ... | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| „ 11. | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 8 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 37 |
| „ 18. | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 6 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 37 |
| 25. | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 11 | 8 | 14 | ... | 18 | 23 | 41 |
| May 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 14 | ... | 11 | 12 | 23 |
| „ 9. | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 30 | |
| „ 16. | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 25 | ||
| „ 23. | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 33 |
| „ 30. | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 31 |
| June 6. | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 3 | 13 | ... | 7 | 19 | 26 |
| „ 13. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 8 | 5 | 8 | ... | 5 | 19 | 24 |
| „ 20. | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 35 |
| „ 27. | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 7 | ... | 4 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 23 | 36 |
| 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 12 | ... | 80 | 50 | 177 | 25 | 154 | 241 | 395 | |
In the Books of the Parochial Medical Officers, from the Star
street and Kilburn Dispensaries, and from Returns sent by a few
private Medical practitioners, 3757 cases of disease have been
recorded, indicating however, nothing unusual of an epidemic
or endemic character, in the state of public health of this
District.