London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Paddington 1872

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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TABLE IV.

Summary of Sanitary Work , Quarter ending September 28th, 1872.

—Inspections consequent on Nuisances andCom-plaints, Offensive and Injurious Trades, inspection of cases of Contagious Diseases.Inspections of Offensive Trades, Marine Stores, &c.50
,, Nuisances and Manure Wharves29
„ Cow-houses20
„ Slaughter-houses22
„ Bake -houses8
,, Mortuary or Dead-house almost daily
„ Provision Markets every Saturday10
„ Churches, Chapels and Schools7
„ Factories, Work-rooms and other Public Institutions8
„ Cases of Contagious Diseases22
,, Fever and Small-Pox Conveyance used 3 times Orders issued for Sanitary Works601
Work done573
II.— Systematic Sanitary Inspection of Dwellings, Mews and Stables.Houses and premises visited and inspected1803
Re-inspections172
Orders issued for Sanitary Works (38 Formal Orders of the Vestry)340
Work executed74
Work in progress66
III.— Attendances upon Magistrates, Surveyor, at the Police,Coroner's -Courts, and Licensing Meetings.Attendances20
Summonses2
For obtaining Summonses2
„ hearing „2
Letter written and received117

Nuisances and Complaints investigated during the Quarter
ending September 28th, 1872.

The register 244 cases, which admit of the following classification :—

Defects of drainage and untrapped gulleys.69
„ „ water supply
Dirty state of premises, water closets, urinals, stagnant water, percolations, &c50
Offensive trades, marine stores, frying of fish, ballast burning, bad meat, and fruit4
Overcrowding and bad ventilation7
Smoke nuisances2
Animals being dirtily kept, and noises from13
Smells from the Canal Basin13
Accumulation and deposit of manure, garbage, refuse, dust, dung, &c39
Smells from decaying and putrid substances .28
Defective cleansing of Roadways5
Dangerous Structures and Places unfit3
Miscellaneous, & cases of Contagious diseases reported11
Total244