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Paddington 1869

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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TABLE III.
Summary of Sanitary Work, Quarter ending June 26th, 1869.
I.—Inspections consequent
on Nuisances, Complaints,
and Offensive
and Injurious Trades.
Houses and Places Inspected with respect to their
Sanitary State
90
Orders issued for Sanitary Works
101
Works done
100
Works in progress
2
Inspections of Offensive Trades
14
,, Mews and Manure Wharves
26
,, Cow-housea
14
,, Slaughter-houses
15
,, Bake-houses
12
„ Mortuary or Dead-house almost daily
-
„ Provision Markets every Saturday
-
„ Churches, Chapels and Schools
6
„ Factories, Work-rooms and other Public
Institutions
6
„ Fever Small-Pox Conveyance used
—
II.—Systematic Sanitary
Inspection of Dwellings
Houses and Premises visited and inspected
160
Re-inspections
90
Orders issued for Sanitary Works
100
Works executed
100
„ Formal Orders issued by the Vestry
—
IIL— Attendances upon
Magistrates, Surveyor,
at the Police,Coroner's
Courts, and Licensing
Meetings.
' Attendances
2
Summones
1
For obtaining Summonses
1
„ hearing „
—
Letters wx'itten and received
16
Nuisances and Complaints during the Quarter ending
June 26th, 1869.
The register book of complaints and nuisances contains
96 cases, which admit of the following classification:—
Defects of drainage and untrapped gulleys. 15
„ „ water supply 3
Dirty state of premises, water closets, urinals,
stagnant water, percolations, &c. 17
Offensive trades, marine stores, frying of fish,
ballast burning, bad meat, &c. 4
Overcrowding and bad ventilation 1
Smoke nuisances 6
Animals being dirtily kept, and noises from. 3
Smells from the Canal Basin 2.
Accumulation and deposit of manure, garbage,
refuse, dust, dung, &c. 29
Smells from decaying and putrid substances 9
Defective cleansing of Roadways 3
Dangerous Structure —
Miscellaneous other complaints 4
96
These Complaints received almost immediate attention.