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Paddington 1873
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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No. 26.
EEPORT
on the
HEALTH OF PADDINGTON
FOR THE QUARTER ENDING
CHRISTMAS 1873,
DECEMBER 27 th,
BY WM. HARDWICKE, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Estimated Population 102,559
St. Mary's .... 64,114. St. John's 38,445
TABLE IV.
Summary of Sanitary Work , Quarter ending September 27th, 1873.
| I.—Inspections consequent on Nuisances and Com-plaints, Offensive and Injurious Trades, inspection of cases of Contagious Diseases. | Inspections of Offensive Trades, Marine Stores, &c | 48 |
| „ Nuisances and Manure Wharves | 26 | |
| „ Cow-house | 16 | |
| „ Slaughter-houses | 24 | |
| „ Slaughter-house | 6 | |
| „ Mortuary or Dead-house almost daily | — | |
| „ Provision Markets every Saturday | 13 | |
| „ Churches, Chapels and Schools | — | |
| „ Factories, Work-rooms and other Public | - | |
| „ Contagious Diseases investigated | 18 | |
| „ Fever and Small-Pox Conveyance used timers | 5 | |
| Orders issued for Sanitary Works | 105 | |
| Works done | 87 | |
| II.—Systematic Sanitary Inspection of Dwellings, Mews and Stables. | Houses and Premises visited and inspected | 2491 |
| Re-inspections | 158 | |
| Orders issued for Sanitary Works (15 Formal Orders of the Vestry) | 376 | |
| Work in executed | 99 | |
| Work in progress | 81 | |
| III.— Attendances upon Magistrates, Surveyor, at the Police,Coroner's Courts, and Licensing Meetings. | Attendances | 18 |
| Summonses | 2 | |
| For obtaining Summonses | 2 | |
| „ hearing „ | 2 | |
| Letters written and received | 111 |
The health of the Parish this quarter was very favorable.
The severe fog in the early part of December increased the
mortality of the following week, and many aged people
succumbed to its effects. The deaths of 6 persons, upwards of
90 were registered last quarter out of the 18 who were above 80.
The 480 deaths registered in the two sub-districts indicate a
rate of 19.08 per 1000 of the present estimated population, and
of births 26 per 1000. Whooping Cough was fatal to 11
young children, and Measles to 14.
The 12 fever cases are a very mixed category, 2 are registered
| The register of 277 cases, admits of the following classifica- tion:- | |
| Defects of drainage and untrapped gulleys | 81 |
| „ „ water supply | 16 |
| 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 | 6 |
| Overcrowding and bad ventilation | 10 |
| Smoke nuisances | 4 |
| Animals being dirtily kept, and noises from | 21 |
| Smells from the Canal Basin | 4 |
| Accumulation and deposit of manure,garbage, refuse, dust, dung, &c. | 22 |
| Smells, offensive | 14 |
| Defective scavengering and watering of Roadways | 10 |
| Dangerous Structures and Places unfit | - |
| Miscellaneous, and complaints of Epidemic diseases, &c. | 43 |
| Total | 277 |