Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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2.—Alexander Mews. Wife of a cab proprietor,
aged 58. Drainage of house and stable defective.
3.—Portnall Road. Wife of a commercial traveller,
aged 29. Drain defective.
4.—Fernhead Road. A warehouseman, aged 49.
The drain of this house, built last year, had been twice
stopped; on examination the joints were found to be
open, and the drain in other respects extremely faulty
in construction.
5.—Tavistock Crescent. A salesman, aged 21.
Surface inlets without traps and the brick junctions
defective.
6.—Warwick Road. Housemaid, aged 26. Untrapped
sink waste.
St. John's Sub-District.
7.—Portsea Place. Wife of a lodging-house
keeper, aged 29. Trap to drain in area defective.
8.— St. Mary's Hospital. Admitted from Elgin
Mews South. A coachman, aged 45. Untrapped
surface inlets in stable.
9.—Bathurst Street. Grocer's son, 10 years.
Drain defective. No traps in area.
In London the rate was 0.17.