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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 1872

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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Table: Tabular Statement of Inspections reported and Works of House Improvement completed under the Orders of the Sanitary Committee, for the Year ending 25th March, 1873.

Tabular Statement of Inspections reported and Works of House Improvement completed under the Orders of the Sanitary Committee, for the Year ending 25th March, 1873.

I. Systematic Inspections.Houses inspected with reference to their Sanitary condition 3427
Works executed 1944
Slaughter-houses under inspection during the year 27
Cow-houses ditto ditto 14
Bake houses ditto ditto 56
Urinals and Urinal Nuisances under Inspection 50
II. Inspections consequent on ComplaintsHouses or other Premises visited 730
Works executed 527
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.