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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 1876
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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The accompanying Table will show the number of defects, &c., that have been reported during the year:- METERED LAMPS.
| Quarter ending | Knocked down and out 0r Lighting. | Escape in Columns, defective Stand-Pipes. | Out of Lighting. | Cocks turned off in the Night. | Cocks turned on at Lighting time. | Lights blown out, and Gas escaping. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Night. | Out part of the Night. | |||||||||||||
| Water. | Naphthaline. | Stoppages in Co.'s Services. | Water. | Naphthaline. | Stoppages in Co.'s Services. | |||||||||
| Lights. | Lights. | Lights. | ||||||||||||
| Out. | Bad. | Out. | Bad. | Out. | Bad. | |||||||||
| 1876. June | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 18 | 12 | 8 | 55 | .. | .. | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| September | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 36 | 8 | 90 | .. | .. | 10 | 7 | 7 |
| December 1877. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 4 | 53 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 5 |
| March | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .. | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| Total for the Year | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 25 | 51 | 23 | 201 | 2 | .. | 25 | 15 | 31 |
| SCALE LAMPS. | ||||||||||||||
| 1876. June | 5 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | 47 | 15 | 105 | 511 | 3 | 10 | 36 | .. | 57 |
| September | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 10 | 28 | 15 | 193 | 1345 | 6 | 23 | 60 | .. | 111 |
| December 1877. | 7 | 14 | 4 | .. | 7 | 16 | 9 | 179 | 622 | 6 | 14 | 73 | .. | 353 |
| March | 7 | 22 | .. | .. | 1 | 12 | 15 | 26 | 91 | 1 | .. | 57 | 5 | 247 |
| Total for Year | 22 | 41 | 8 | .. | 18 | 103 | 54 | 503 | 2569 | 16 | 47 | 226 | 5 | 768 |