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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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Systematic Inspection of Stables and Mews
| Mews & Stables. | Houses and Stables. | Inhabitants. | Orders. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elnathan Mews | 39 | 186 | 4 | Sloppy, sickness, for want of paving, ventilation of w.c. |
| Princes Mews | 19 | 84 | 5 | Clean, very few defects |
| Junction Mews | 9 | 52 | 7 | Covers to 2 cisterns,paving and draining amended, ventilation improved |
| Norfolk Square Mews | 15 | 85 | 5 | Cleansing, ventilation of rooms, drains amended, &c. |
| Burwood Mews | 13 | 55 | 9 | Tolerably clean, deficient of w.s. and w.c. remedied |
| 5 | 17 | 6 | Great improvement of late | |
| Torrington Mews | 21 | 105 | 13 | Cleansing, dilapidations, w.s. and w.c. very defective, repairs, &c. ordered |
| Jonson's Mews | 7 | 34 | 3 | Paving amended, great improvement since last year's work was ordered |
| Sovereign Mews | 11 | 115 | 5 | Chiefly cleansing and whitewashing done |
| Polygon Mews North and South | 48 | 202 | 21 | Much cleansing and whitewashing done,cisterns, stalk-pipes and other dilapidations repaired, and drains trapped |
| Westbourne Park Crescent Mews | 1 | 2 | 1 | Badly paved, fowls kept dirtily, a rag shop complained of, and garbage in dung bin, cleansing throughout, &c. |
| Westbourne Park Villas Mews | 13 | 85 | 4 | Several houses in a bad state have been taken down by Great Western Railway |
| Cleveland Mews | 27 | 106 | 11 | Cisterns without covers, some rooms dirty, improved since last inspection |
| Frederick Mews | 6 | 21 | 5 | Improved of late, work done |
| Richmond Mews | 14 | 71 | 11 | Dirty, dilapidated, no proper receptacles for dung, fowls dirtily kept |
| Victoria Grove Mews | .. | .. | 1 | Ground opened, drains improved |