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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 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 Wharves | 29 | |
| „ Cow-houses | 20 | |
| „ Slaughter-houses | 22 | |
| „ Bake -houses | ||
| ,, Mortuary or Dead-house almost daily | — | |
| „ Provision Markets every Saturday | 10 | |
| „ Churches, Chapels and Schools | 7 | |
| „ Factories, Work-rooms and other Public Institutions | 8 | |
| „ Cases of Contagious Diseases | 22 | |
| ,, Fever and Small-Pox Conveyance used 3 times Orders issued for Sanitary Works | 601 | |
| Work done | 573 | |
| II.— Systematic Sanitary Inspection of Dwellings, Mews and Stables. | Houses and premises visited and inspected | 1803 |
| Re-inspections | 172 | |
| Orders issued for Sanitary Works (38 Formal Orders of the Vestry) | 340 | |
| Work executed | 74 | |
| Work in progress | 66 | |
| III.— Attendances upon Magistrates, Surveyor, at the Police,Coroner's -Courts, and Licensing Meetings. | Attendances | 20 |
| Summonses | 2 | |
| For obtaining Summonses | 2 | |
| „ hearing „ | 2 | |
| Letter written and received | 117 |
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, &c | 50 |
| Offensive trades, marine stores, frying of fish, ballast burning, bad meat, and fruit | 4 |
| Overcrowding and bad ventilation | 7 |
| Smoke nuisances | 2 |
| Animals being dirtily kept, and noises from | 13 |
| Smells from the Canal Basin | 13 |
| Accumulation and deposit of manure, garbage, refuse, dust, dung, &c | 39 |
| Smells from decaying and putrid substances . | 28 |
| Defective cleansing of Roadways | 5 |
| Dangerous Structures and Places unfit | 3 |
| Miscellaneous, & cases of Contagious diseases reported | 11 |
| Total | 244 |