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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 1871

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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Table: Tabular Statementof theprincipal Worksexecuted in theHighway Department,for the Year ending 25th March, 1872.

Tabular Statementof theprincipal Worksexecuted in theHighway Department,

for the Year ending 25th March, 1872.

New Streets taken to.Streets paved under the Metropolis Local Management Acts.Gravel Footways paved.Granite Crossings laid down.Old Footways repaved.
mile.fur. 1yds. 191mile.fur. 1yds. 11mile.fur. 4yds. 6mile.fur.yds. 173mile.fur. 1yds. 215
Total length of Parish Roadsmiles. 41furyds. 200

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The above Statement does not include the Premises and Places inspected as to the execution
of the 22nd, 27th, and 35th Sections of the " Sanitary Act, 1866," and "The Diseases
Prevention Act, 1855." Nor Vaccination Inspections which have since 1868 been entrusted
to the Board of Guardians.

Table: Tabular Statementof theprincipal Worksexecuted in theSewers Department,for the year ending 25th March, 1872.

Tabular Statementof theprincipal Worksexecuted in theSewers Department,

for the year ending 25th March, 1872.

NewBrick&Pipe Sewers constructed at the expense of the Vestry.New Brick&PipeSewers constructed at the expense of the Owners.Flushing 1 Shafts. 1Air Shafts &OpeningsAir Shafts constructed at the expense of the Owners.Number of GulleysNumber of side Entrances constructed by \
constructed at the expense of the Vestry.Constructed and Reconstructed.Cleansed
Vestry.Owners.
feet.197feet.154212621144152
Cleansing Sewers.Number of Drains constructed to New Houses, Stables, &c.Total length of Drain Pipe laid to New Houses and Stables and under Footpath and Roadway.No of House Drains re-constructed under Footpath & RoadwayNumber of Complaints received and attended to.Traps fixed toHouse and Gulley Drains.
cube yds. of soil removed.480184miles.2FUR5*. yards.193114223340