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Paddington 1872

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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depriving them of cheap meat or offal parts of the carcase,
an allegation which has been made by butchers without any
foundation whatever.
"The Bill of Dr. Brewer, now before Parliament, enacting
'that the slaughter of cattle and sheep by a butcher in
private slaughter-houses, duly licensed, shall not be considered
an offensive or obnoxious business,' is utterly at variance with
sanitary laws and the common experience of local boards for
the protection of the public health."
Public Urinals and Urinal Nuisances.
During last autumn the Sub-Committee of the
Sanitary and Public Health Committee made a thorough
inspection of the public urinals, those also attached
to taverns and public-houses, as well as the urinal
nuisance under inspection in various parts of the
Parish. In their Report it was declared that the
accommodation in the Parish was insufficient. There,
are at present, besides the Railway Stations, but five
public urinals in the Parish, and it was considered
desirable, that at least five more should be provided.
The best sites for their erection were pointed out.
This report went further, in recommending that public
w.c. accommodation should be provided for both sexes.
I recommended in my Report of 1869 that each
public urinal should, where it is possible, have two
water closets attached to it, and placed in charge of an
attendant during the day, and at night the key might
be given to the policeman on the beat. By a very
simple arrangement, a separate entrance could be made
so that females might have similar accommodation to
that enjoyed by the male sex. Other medical men,