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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. | Naphthaline. | Stoppages in Co.'s. Services. | Water. | Naphthaline. | Stoppages in Co.'s Services. | |||||||||
| Lights. | Lights. | Lights. | ||||||||||||
| Out. | | Bad. | Out. | | Bad. | Out. | Bad. | |||||||||
| 1877. | ||||||||||||||
| June | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 5 |
| September | 2 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 5 | 14 | 8 | 23 | . . | . . | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| December | .. | . . | . . | . . | .. | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 21 |
| 1878. | ||||||||||||||
| March | 1 | . . | . . | . . | .. | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 8 |
| Total for the Year | 4 | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 13 | 23 | 15 | 44 | 2 | . . | 9 | 5 | 41 |
| SCALE LAMPS. | ||||||||||||||
| 1877. | ||||||||||||||
| June | 4 | 1 | 4 | .. | 4 | 21 | 14 | 23 | 72 | . . | 7 | 58 | . . | 97 |
| September | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | 14 | 24 | 36 | 41 | 404 | .. | 9 | 70 | . . | 105 |
| December | 4 | 5 | 1 | . . | 4 | 19 | 13 | 32 | 204 | 5 | 3 | 93 | .. | 501 |
| 1878. | ||||||||||||||
| March | 6 | . . | 3 | . . | 6 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 51 | . . | 125 |
| Total for the Year | 20 | 9 | 8 | . . | 28 | 69 | 74 | 103 | 720 | 7 | 21 | 272 | . . | 828 |