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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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TABLE III.
Summary of Sanitary Work , Quarter ending September 26th, 1868.
| I.—Inspections consequent on Nuisances, Complaints, and Offensive and Injurious Trades. | Houses and Places Inspected with respect to their Sanitary State | 217 |
| Orders issued for Sanitary Works | 109 | |
| Works done | 90 | |
| Works in progress | 19 | |
| Inspections of Offensive Trades | 39 | |
| ,, Mews and Manure Wharves | 57 | |
| ,, Cow-houses | 23 | |
| ,, Slaughter-houses | 19 | |
| ,, Bake-houses | 7 | |
| ,, Mortuary or Dead-house almost daily | ||
| „ Provision Markets every Saturday | ||
| „ Churches, Chapels and Schools | 4 | |
| „ Factories, Work-rooms and other Public Institutions | 17 | |
| „ Fever Small-Pox Conveyance used | 4 | |
| II.—Systematic Sanitary Inspection of Dwellings | Houses and Premises visited and inspected | 431 |
| Re-inspections | 196 | |
| Orders issued for Sanitary Works | 196 | |
| Works executed | 174 | |
| Formal Orders issued by the Vertry | 4 | |
| III.— Attendances upon Magistrates, Surveyor, at the Police,Coroner's Courts, and Licensing Meetings. | Attendances | 2 |
| Summonses | ||
| For obtaining Summonses | ||
| ,, hearing ,, | ||
| Letters written | 40 |
Nuisances and Complaints during the Quarter ending
September 26th, 1868.
The register book of complaints and nuisances contains 101 cases, which admit of the following classification : —
| Defects of drainage and untrapped gulleys. | — |
| „ „ water supply | 23 |
| Dirty state of premises, water closets, urinals, stagnant water, percolations, &c | 20 |
| Offensive trades, marine stores, frying of fish, ballast burning, bad meat, &c. | 8 |
| Overcrowding and bad ventilation | 7 |
| Smoke nuisances | — |
| Animals being dirtily kept, and noises from | — |
| Smells from the Canal Basin | 16 |
| Accumulation and deposit of manure, garbage, refuse, dust, dung, &c. | 17 |
| me s from decaying and putrid substances. | 2 |
| Defective cleansing of Roadways | 8 |
| Dangerous Structure | — |
| Miscellaneous other complaints | — |
| 101 |
These Complaints received almost immediate attention.