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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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Table: Tabular Statement of Inspections reported and Works of House Improvement completed under the Orders of the Sanitary Committee, for the Year ending 25th March, 1879.

Tabular Statement of Inspections reported and Works of House Improvement completed under the Orders of the Sanitary Committee, for the Year ending 25th March, 1879.

Systematic InspectionsHouses and otder premises inspected4,395
Slaughter-houses under inspection during the year23
Cow-houses ditto19
Bake-houses ditto84
II. Inspections consequent on ComplaintsUrinals and Urinal Nuisances under Inspection76
Houses and other Premises visited7,192
Works executed1,661
The above Statement does not include the Premises and Places inspected as to the execution of the 22nd, 27th, and 35th Sections of the " Sanitary Act, 1866," and " The Diseases Prevention Act, 1855," nor Vaccination Inspections, which have since 1868 been entrusted to the Board of Guardians.