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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 IV.
Summary of Sanitary Work, Quarter ending June 29th, 1872.
| I.— Inspections consequent on Nuisances and Complaints, Offensive and Injurious Trades, inspection of cases of Contagious Diseases. | Inspections of Offensive Trades, Marine Stores, &c. | 48 |
| ,, Nuisances and Manure Wharves | 26 | |
| „ Cow-houses | 16 | |
| „ Slaughter-houses | 24 | |
| „ Bake-houses | 6 | |
| „ Mortuary or Dead-house almost daily | — | |
| „ Provision Markets every Saturday | 13 | |
| „ Churches, Chapels and Schools | — | |
| „ Factories, Work-rooms and other public Institutions | - | |
| „ Cases of Contagious Diseases | 10 | |
| ,, Fever and Small-Pox Conveyance used 8 times Orders issued for Sanitary Works | 105 | |
| Work done | 87 | |
| ii.— Systematic Sanitary Inspection of Dwellings, Mews End Stables. | Houses and Premises visited and inspected | 2491 |
| Re-inspections | 158 | |
| Orders issued for Sanitary Works (34 Formal Orders of the Vestry) | 304 | |
| Work executed | 99 | |
| Work in progress | 81 | |
| III.— Attendances upon Magistrates, Surveyor, at the Police,Coroner's -Courts, and Licensing Meetings. 1 | Attendances | 18 |
| Summonses | 2 | |
| For obtaining Summonses | 2 | |
| „ hearing | 2 | |
| Letter written and received | 111 |
Nuisances and Complaints investigated during the Quarter
ending June 29th, 1872.
The register 193 cases, which admit of the following classification:—
Defects of drainage and untrapped gulleys. 58
„ „ water supply —
Dirty state of premises, water closets, urinals,
stagnant water, percolations, &c,. 46
Offensive trades, marine stores, frying of fish,
ballast burning, bad meat, and fruit 5
Overcrowding and bad ventilation 3
Smoke nuisances 10
Animals being dirtily kept, and noises from. 3
Smells from the Canal Basin —
Accumulation and deposit of manure, garbage,
refuse, dust, dung, &c 24
Smells from decaying and putrid substances. 15
Defective cleansing of Roadways 8
Dangerous Structures and Places unfit 3
Miscellaneous, & cases of Contagious diseases
reported 18
Total 193