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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The following are the Works completed during the
year ending March, 1873:—
1. Cleansing and Lime-washing of Areas, Yards,
Basements, Rooms, Staircases and Passages 555
2. Provide or Repair Dust Bins, or remove Dust
accumulations 212
3. Pave or amend Paving in Yards, Cellars, Open
Spaces, &c 237
4. Domestic Water Supply, reinstate defective
Receptacles, or Cleanse, Cover and provide
Water Supply 145
5. Provide or reinstate the W. C. Apparatus 265
6. Repair, Open, Construct, or Trap Drain, or
Open Ground, or fill a Cesspool 500
7. Ventilate Rooms, Staircases, Workshops, &c 115
8. Disinhabit Underground Dwellings 28
9. Abate Nuisance from Overcrowding in Single
Rooms, &c 33
10. Miscellaneous, including—Disinfection of Rooms,
Articles of Clothing, Bedding, close Infected
Rooms, Repair Delapidations of Premises,
Ceilings, Stairs and Roof, Remove Manure,
Animals and Offensive Accumulations, &c.. 365
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J. Morton, Printer, Star Street, Paddington.