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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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Tabular Statement of Inspections reported and Works of House Improvement completed
under the Orders of the Sanitary Committee, for the Year ending 25th March, 1878.
Houses inspected with reference to their Sanitary condition . 2,150
Works executed 900
Slaughter-houses under inspection during the year 23
Cow-houses ditto 13
Bake-houses ditto 83
Urinals and Urinal Nuisances under Inspection 76
Houses or other Premises visited 2,270
Works executed 970
I. Systematic Inspections
II. Inspections consequent
on Complaints
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.

Table: Tabular Statement of the Principal Works executed, in the Highway Department,for the Year ending 25 th March, 1878.

Tabular Statement of the Principal Works executed, in the Highway Department,

for the Year ending 25 th March, 1878.

New Streets taken to.Gravel Footways flagged.Granite Crossings laid down.Old Footways relaid and repaved.Mews repaved.Carriageway paved with Wood.Macadamized Road removed and Granite Cube Paving substituted.
MILE.FUR.YDS.MILE.FUR.YDS.MILE.FUR.YDS.MILE.FUR.YDS.MILE.FUR.YDS.MILE.FUB.YDS.MILE.FUR.YDS.
-116--168--10814156--65--200--183
MILEFURS.YDS.
Total length of Parish Roads. 43481
Tabular Statement of the Principal Works executed in the Sewers Department, for the Year ending 25th March, 1878.
Sewers re-constructed at the expense of the Vestry for private parties.Brick Sewers constructed at the expense of the Vestry.Brick Sewers constructed at the expense of private parties.Air Shafts and Openings constructed at the expense ofNumber of GulleysNumber of side Entrances constructed at the expense of
Constructed and Reconstructed.Repaired.
Private parties.The VestryPrivate parties.The Vestry,
FEET.FEET.FEET.
92581,291414442727
Cleansing Sewers.Number of Drains constructed to Buildings.Total length of Drain-Pipe laid to New Houses and Stables and under Footpath and Roadway.Number of House Drains re-constructed under Footpath and Roadway.Number of Complaints received and attended to.Traps fixed to House and Gulley Drains.
LOADS OF HEAVY DEPOSITs REMOVED.MILESFURYARDS.
1801573016186197311