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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 1878
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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Paddington.
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
SUPERINTENDENT
OF
WORKS DEPARTMENT.
METERED LAMPS.
| Quarter ending. | Knocked down and out of Lighting. | Escapes 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. | Naph-thalino. | Stoppages in Co.'s Services. | "Water. | Naphthaline. | Stoppages in Co.'sServices. | |||||||||
| Lights. | Lights. | Lights. | ||||||||||||
| Out. | Bad. | Out. | Bad. | Out. | Bad. | |||||||||
| 1878. June | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | . . | 1 | .. | .. | 10 | .. | 1 |
| September | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 7 | . . | 2 | .. | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| December 1879 | . . | 9 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | . . | 3 | 43 | 37 | 2 | . . | .. |
| March | . . | 13 | .. | . . | .. | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | . . | .. |
| Total for the Year | .. | 24 | . . | .. | 1 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 41 | 16 | 2 | 6 |
SCALE LAMPS.
| 1878. June. | 8 | 11 | 3 | . . | 4 | 9 | 22 | 12 | 58 | 1 | 3 | 44 | . . | S9 |
| September | 8 | 1 | 7 | . . | 22 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 208 | 4 | 7 | 51 | . . | 93 |
| December | 8 | 26 | 9 | .. | 36 | 44 | 25 | 117 | 198 | 11 | 15 | 66 | . . | 145 |
| 1879. March | 8 | 8 | 2 | .. | 6 | 38 | 7 | 71 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 47 | . . | 244 |
| Total for the Year | 32 | 46 | 21 | .. | 68 | 106 | 63 | 215 | 491 | 25 | 30 | 208 | .. | 571 |