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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 1877
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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TABLE VI.
Inspectors' Report of the Sanitary Work, &c., completed in the year ending March 25, 1878.
| Paddington. | j No. of Complaints received during the year. | j No. of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected. | Results of Inspection. | House Drains. | Privies and W.C's. | Dustbins. | Water Supply. | Miscellaneous. | Regularly Inspected. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises. | Houses and Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, and Whitewashed. | Houses Disinfected after Infectious Diseases. | Repaired, Cleansed, Ac. | Trapped or Ventilated. | Repaired, Cleansed, &c. | Supplied with Water. | New provided. | New provided. | Repaired, Covered, &c. | Cisterns (new) erected. | Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered. | No. of Lodging Houses registered under 35th Clause of Sanitary Act, 1866. | No. of Dust Complaints received and attended to. | Removal of accumulation of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal, and other Refuse. | Removal of Animals improperly kept. | Bakehouses. | Licensed Cowhouses. | Licensed Slaughterhouses. | Other Proceedings, e.g. Legal Proceedings. | |||
| Total | 1,135 | 5,420 | 1,030 | 655 | 359 | 425 | 190 | 145 | 145 | 29 | 20 | 90 | 40 | 96 | None. | - | 18 | 5 | 83 | 13 | 23 | - |