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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 1874
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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the whole question can be separated from the necessity
of improving the plans of dealing with the many
casualties of daily occurrence in a large town—dying
and dead persons, whether sick, insane, injured, drunk
and incapable, demand skillful treatment and humane
treatment. The Police are the proper authority, I
should say, to be entrusted, and a few trained officers
should be employed upon an acknowledged difficult
duty.
The following were the kind of cases removed last year, viz.:—
| Scarlet Fever | 8 |
| Typhoid „ | 6 |
| Rheumatic | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 1 |
| Measles | 1 |
| 17 |
Inspector s Report of Sanitary Work completed
during the year ending March 27, 1875.
Number of Complaints received
1698
,, „ ,, in consequence of Complaint
828
,, ,, ,, on Systematic Inspection
870